Sankei-en

Sankei-en
三溪園
Sankei-en's Main Pond with Tōmyō-ji's former Three-storied Pagoda in the background
Location in Japan
Type	Urban park
Location	Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	35°25′01″N 139°39′36″E / 35.41695°N 139.660042°E / 35.41695; 139.660042
Created	1906 (1906)

Sankei-en (三溪園, Three Creeks Garden) is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906.^[1] Sankei-en was designed and built by Tomitaro Hara (原富太郎) (1868–1939), known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader.^[1] Almost all of its buildings are historically significant structures bought by Hara himself in locations all over the country, among them Tokyo, Kyoto, Kamakura, Gifu Prefecture, and Wakayama Prefecture.^[1] Ten have been declared Important Cultural Property, and three more are Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan designated by the City of Yokohama.^[1] Badly damaged during World War II, the garden was donated in 1953 to the City of Yokohama, which entrusted it to the Sankeien Hoshōkai Foundation (三溪園保勝会, Sankeien Hoshōkai). Sankei-en was then restored almost to its pre-war condition.^[1]