One of Japan's Three Great Gardens (日本三名園, Nihon San-mei-en), Kenrokuen was named for the six (六, Roku) attributes of a perfect landscape: spaciousness, seclusion, artifice, antiquity, waterways, and panoramas. The garden was built over 200 years under the Maeda Clan (前田氏, Maeda-shi) from the 1600s to the 1800s. There is a simple beauty to the garden, from its expansive ponds, simple streams, beautiful trees and teahouses.
The garden also features flowering trees that bloom at different times of year, and each season brings a different view of the garden. Perhaps most uniquely, during the winter season, you can find Yukitsuri (雪つり), bamboo poles erected in a conical structure around trees to protect them from damage from heavy snow.
