What does Vienna’s 19th district have in common with Japan? In the Japanese Garden of Vienna Döbling, a piece of Tokyo covering 4,000 square metres has been found in the middle of Vienna since 1992. Because here the Setagaya Park commemorates a friendship and cultural agreement between Vienna Döbling and the Setagaya district in Tokyo, Japan. Accordingly, the park was designed by the Japanese garden planner Ken Nakajima and enchants with its charm from a Far Eastern world. Not for nothing does a Japanese inscription at the main entrance describe this place as “Furomon”, which means “paradise”.
The garden becomes particularly authentic through a genuine Japanese tea house located in its centre. From there you can listen to the calm murmuring of the watercourse, which flows over picturesque cascades into a pond. Even the special plant species and rock formations are reminiscent of far-away Japan.
But in all its splendour, the garden unfolds above all in spring and autumn. Because in spring the legend-shrouded cherry blossoms bloom and bathe the little paradise in a pink sea of blossoms. In autumn, by contrast, you find the trees again in their colourful robe of leaves!
