Suwa Yakata-ato Garden

This garden is part of the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, which serve to convey the history of the Asakura Clan that ruled Echizen Province during the warring states period. The Suwa Yakata was said to be the manor house of Koshosho, one of Asakura Yoshikage’s concubines. Its garden is the most spacious in all of the Ichijodani ruins. The two-tiered garden’s upper tier features waterfall and spring rock formations. The lower tier features a stirring waterfall formed by a large boulder arranged under a large Japanese maple. This boulder is engraved with the posthumous names of individuals including the Asakura Clan’s third lord Sadakage and its fourth lord Takakage.