Nara: Isuien Garden Tour with Matcha Tea Experience
ID: GYG1030364-1595125
Category:
Country: Japan
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Explore the beauty of Isuien Garden on a guided tour. Learn about the garden’s design, admire its use of “shakkei,” and enjoy a matcha tea ceremony with a view of the garden.
Meet your guide and begin your stroll through the garden. Learn about the meaning behind its design, including the placement of stones, the flow of water, and the use of space.
Admire the garden’s masterful use of "shakkei," or borrowed scenery. From the garden’s rear section, see Todai-ji’s Great South Gate and Mount Mikasa (Wakakusa-yama) beautifully incorporated into the landscape.
These distant elements blend seamlessly into the garden’s composition, creating a view that feels at once intimate and expansive—a hallmark of Japanese aesthetics.
To complete your experience, enjoy a matcha tea ceremony served in the very building with the most stunning view of the garden and its borrowed scenery. Sipping green tea while gazing out at this timeless composition allows you to fully appreciate the garden with all five senses.
Highlights
- Immerse yourself in the beauty of Isuien Garden on a guided tour
- Learn about the garden’s design and the meaning behind its elements
- Admire the garden’s use of “shakkei,” or borrowed scenery
- Enjoy a matcha tea ceremony with a view of the garden
- See Todai-ji’s Great South Gate and Mount Mikasa from the garden
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The garden combines two different styles from the Edo and Meiji periods
Features 'shakkei' or borrowed scenery
Includes views of Todai-ji’s Great South Gate and Mount Mikasa
The meeting point is in front of the entrance to Isuien Garden.
Our guide will be waiting for you with a yellow sign panel that says "DeepExperience".
For more details, please refer to the map.
INCLUDED
- Guided tour of Isuien Garden
- Matcha tea ceremony
NOT INCLUDED
- Transportation to and from the garden
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
