The Fuji hill
A grassy cone.
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A traditional tsukiyama-style Japanese garden in east Kumamoto, built by the Hosokawa lords in the Edo period and popularly called Suizen-ji Park, covering about 73,000 square metres. It has been a national Place of Scenic Beauty and Historic Site since 1929. It began around 1636, when Hosokawa Tadatoshi, the first of his family to rule Kumamoto, built a teahouse here because the spring-fed pond, its water rising from Mount Aso, was clear and ideal for tea; it was later redesigned as a strolling garden with paths and hills. Its best-known feature is a conical grassy hill said to be modelled on Mount Fuji, with a clear spring-fed pond crossed by stepping stones and bridges, and trimmed pines. The garden also holds Izumi Shrine and an old teahouse, the Kokin-denju-no-ma. Tickets have been 500 yen for adults since April 2026, and it opens 8:30-17:00 (last entry 16:30), according to its official site. The garden was undamaged in the July 2026 earthquake; it is near Suizenji-kōen tram stop.
A grassy cone.
Water from Mount Aso.
Across the water.
Suizen-ji Park, east Kumamoto
No; it closed for one day for safety checks and reopened on 30 July 2026 undamaged, according to its official site.