Tokugawaen

We went to see Peonies at Tokugawaen, a Japanese garden in the center of Nagoya. Tokugawaen means Tokugawa family's garden. The Tokugawa family of Owari had ruled this area for over 250 years using Nagoya Castle as its main base. Tokugawa Yoshichika, who was the 19th load of Owari Province (now Aichi prefecture) donated this garden to Nagoya city in 1931. He was the descendant of the first load of Owari, Tokugawa Yoshinao, the 9th son of the first Tokugawa shougun, Tokugawa Ieyasu.