View of the Horikiri iris garden at present

Posted by Japanalia (Yokohama, Japan) on 25 June 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Though it is said that irises have been planted in this area since the 17th century, it was early in the 19th century that several gardens at Horikiri (located about 6 miles east of the center of Tokyo) became famous for the display of "hanashobu"( the name given to iris in Japanese).The most famous among all was the Kodaka-en, the one you see in the image, which lived to see the 21st century.

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