Kunozan Toshogu is a Shinto Shrine in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built 1617 to provide a final resting place for the first Edo shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa. Thirteen buildings here have been designated important cultural properties.

This red-eared slider was seen in the main pond at the Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A native of the southeastern United States, this species of turtle is highly invasive and has spread around the world with the pet trade.

Red-eared slider turtles cling to an artificial island in the main pond at the Sankeien Garden, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

In spring fringed iris (shaga) blooms in the Sankeien Garden which opened in southern Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1904.

The smaller room on the side of Shunsoro House was originally a tea room built in the early 1600s. In 1922 it was moved from Kyoto to the Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

A huge ginkgo tree with its characteristic triangular leaves stands in the Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

A harvest moon viewing festival takes place on Teisha Bridge in the Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

In 1922 the Choshukaku Pavilion (1623) was moved from Nijojo Castle in Kyoto to the Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

The Juto Oido (1591) from the former Tenzuiji Temple in Kyoto has a finely carved wooden door. In 1905 the structure was moved to the Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Delicate ink paintings grace the sliding doors and walls of the Rinshunkaku Villa (1649) in the Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.