Nagara Park

A 10-minute walk from Kamisakaemachi Station on the Keihan Electric Railway, and a 10-minute drive from the Kyoto-higashi Interchange. This park is situated at the foot of Mt. Nagara and its grounds encompass the Mitsuhashi Setsuko Art Museum, the Bizoji Temple, and the Yanagidani Kannon Ryokokuji Temple. Since it opened in 1902 as the first public park in Shiga Prefecture, it has served as a space for rest and relaxation for countless numbers of people. There park has a monument inscribed with a poem by Taira no Tadanori describing the beauty of the cherry trees in the area, and just as this poem implies, the park is an extremely well-known and renowned destination for cherry blossom viewing in the spring. The park is a place where people can enjoy beautiful, natural, seasonal scenery which is conveniently accessible from the urban center of the city.