Genkyuen Garden is adjacent to Hikone Castle located in Konki-cho, Hikone City, Shiga Pref. is a Chisen-kaiyu-styled (wet garden with a promenade) Japanese garden constructed by order of the 4th domain lord of Hikone Clan, Naooki Ii, in 1677. The garden is between the inner moat and the middle moat, the water of which is poured from Lake Biwa. It was modeled after the detached palace of Emperor Hsuan Tsung (685-762) of China's Tang Dynasty replacing “Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers” with “Eight Viwes of Ohmi (present Shiga Pref.).” Using the national treasure of donjon as the borrowed landscape, four islands and nine bridges are constructed at the complex-shaped central pond and the atmospherical kiosks of Rinchikaku, Oshodai, and Hakkeitei are arranged on the side of the pond. Visitors can enjoy the landscape that changes by seasons. It is especially wonderful to view autumn leaves in the gorgeous atmosphere of Daimyo’s garden. Genkyu Garden together with its adjacent Rakurakuen buildings was nationally designated as Places of Scenic Beauty in 1951.