November every year is truly the best time to see Japan in the fall, along with Yellow leaves from ginkgo trees, the maple leaf (momiji) is also a symbol of autumn in the Land of the Rising Sun. Today I will introduce to you one of the earliest places to see red leaves in Kyoto - the Japanese style garden Suikei-en (水景園). Let's explore!

Address: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RLg5SjwFUPQRbPWy7

This garden is located within the Keihanna Memorial Park (けいはんな記念公園). To get there, take the train to Shin-Hōsono Station. From there, you can catch bus number 36 or 56. It's about a 10-minute bus ride to the park entrance.

The path in front of the park.

The path leading to the park is also wonderful, with 3 rows of golden trees stretching for more than 2km along with many photogenic corners.

The path leading to Keihanna Park.
This road also has a very wide pedestrian walkway.
Right in front of the park gate, there are also many red leaves.

Let's go inside the park to see what's there.

A row of bamboo right at the entrance to the park.

The entrance fee to Suikei-en Garden is 200 JPY for adults and 100 JPY for students. In addition, the garden is also free for people over 60 years old and children under school age.

A maple tree at the entrance to the garden.

First, we will cross the Kangetsukyo Bridge, a 10-meter high and more than 100-meter long bridge, where we can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire garden from above.

Kangetsukyo Bridge.

Let's take a look at some pictures I took from Kangetsukyo Bridge!

A small waterfall inside the garden.
Very beautiful clusters of rocks with maple leaves.
A small corner of the garden seen from above.
Two red maple trees with different colors.
Opposite the garden is Nagatani Pond with beautiful scenery.

Nagatani Pond is designed in tiers, like terraced fields, and creates very beautiful "mini waterfalls."

People can freely visit and walk across the stone slabs.
Above the bridge is also an ideal place to take photos.

At the end of this bridge, we will reach the area of the art performance stage. At the time I visited, there were also many performances taking place, including performances of traditional musical instruments, as well as dances by dancers.

Traditional musical instrument performance.

Above the stage, there are also quite a few statues that look very interesting.

After watching all the performances here, I went down to visit and take pictures of the garden.

The way down to the garden.

The way down to the garden is a lot of stone steps.

At the foot of Kangetsukyo Bridge.

The weather today is sunny, so the maple leaves are very beautiful.

It seems that this place is very little known, so there is no overcrowding like the famous Kyomizu Dera or Arashiyama.

Walking to the middle of the garden, we can see the entire Kangetsukyo bridge very beautifully from below.

The photo that I like the most today.
Another angle of the bridge.

Inside the garden, there are many beautiful small waterfalls, a favorite photo spot for many people.

The further you go to the end of the garden, the more red maple trees there are.

Stroll through the garden with beautiful scenery.
This garden is suitable for all ages. Everyone can enjoy it.
This photo is as beautiful as a postcard.

After going around the garden, we will go to the Nagatani pond area.

Nagatani Pond next to Kangetsukyo Bridge.
People can freely walk on the surface of the pond through the stone steps.

This area also has many stone benches for people to rest, enjoy the scenery and feed the fish.

The area where people feed the fish.
Red maple tree next to the waterfall.
After going through all these steps, is the exit of the garden.
The exit of the garden with a beautiful row of bamboo.
A Japanese rose tree has lost all its leaves.

After visiting Suikei-en Garden, because it was still quite early (about 4 pm), and the sun was still very beautiful, I decided to walk along the golden leaf path here to take pictures with the sunset.

A heart-shaped maple tree right in front of the park <3
The golden sunset light makes the photo colors very beautiful.

The golden leaf path right in front of Keihanna Park.

Bus stop in front of the park gate.

Two photos comparing when it's sunny and not sunny 😀

The road leading to the sunset 😀
Sunset scenery at a bus stop.

And this is the end of my fulfilling day with hundreds of beautiful photos taken. Very lucky because the weather was supportive, no more rain like every time I go out 😀

What do you think about Suikei-en (水景園)? Please leave your comment below. Thank you for reading to the end of the article!

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