Japan Trip: Sorakuen traditional landscape garden, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Japan Trip: Sorakuen traditional landscape garden, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Sorakuen is a traditional Japanese landscape garden situated in the center of Kobe. The garden used to be part of the residence of Kodera Kenkichi, a former mayor of Kobe. It was opened to the public in 1941.

All the buildings, which had originally stood in the garden, were burnt down in the war, except for a stable. The Hassam House, the former home of a foreign trader, was moved into the Sorakuen Garden from the Kitano district in 1961.