Monday, December 19, 2022

Disappeared Japan Yukaen Chinese Garden

 

Yukaen was a Chinese-style garden in Hiroshima.


It was built in 1992 to celebrate the sister-city relationship between Hiroshima and Chongging City in Chima.


When I visited almost twenty years ago the plum blossoms were blooming.


It was located on the banks of the Ota River not too far from Hiroshima Castle.


However, a few weeks ago as I was taking a bus out of Hiroshima I noticed the garden had gone and the whole area was a big construction site.


I have been unable to find out what is being built, or if the garden will be reconstructed here or elsewhere.


I have never encountered any other visitor when I have visited and reports suggest that in recent years the garden had become quite shabby and rundown.


1 comment:

  1. That's sad, would love to know what's happened, whether it will be recreated somewhere else.

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