Shokadoteien Museum of Art

Shokado Garden and Art Museum preserves the world of Shokado Shojo (1584–1639), a central figure in the flourishing Kan'ei culture of the early Edo period. Across 22,000 square metres, the thatched hermitage that gives the place its name and the shoin study sit among roji tea gardens and dry landscape, each framing the other. At the Bai'in teahouse a suikinkutsu is set into the water basin — sit on the waiting bench and you'll hear water chiming underground. Plum, cherry, green and then crimson maple carry the garden through the year. This is also the birthplace of the shokado bento, and you can eat one here looking out over the garden.