仙巌園 ・鹿児島県 JAPAN, Senganen Garden Kagoshima Kyushu

Senganen Garden 仙巌園, also known as Isoteien 磯庭園, is a Japanese style landscape garden along the north coast of downtown Kagoshima. Senganen was built by Mitsuhisa, the 19th head of the Shimadzu family in the early Edo period, and its name was given after Xian Yan in Lung Hau Shan of China. Xian Yan in Chinese characters is pronounced "Sengan" in Japanese. This daimyo's garden fascinates with its beauties and also the spectacular view of Sakurajima as its background mountain and Kinko Bay as inside pond. Located 20 min from Kagoshima Chuo Station.