Garden [HANA no NIWA]
Brings together a large selection of attractive and colorful flowers that gives the impression of an artist’s palette. The ambience of the garden changes with the seasons, constantly displaying a vibrant and fresh new look all year round.

Garden [HIKARI no NIWA]
Expesses Monet`s love for the Mediterranean Sea and Mediterranean life style that inspired him to produce many art works of the Mediterranean. The light Garden not only offers a Mediterranean styled Garden open to the public, but utilizes the beauty of Kochi`s mountains, forests and beaches.

Nature Forest Trail Walk
The Nature Forest Trail Walk is an easy walking trail and fun for the whole family. When you reach the end of the trail, you can view all the surrounding woodlands as well as see out into the Pacific Ocean.

Monet Gallery and Gift Shop
The studio styled gallery features an attractive gift shop stocked with a large selection of Monet souvenirs and local goods of Kitagawa. In the gallery, you can also view replicas of Monet`s masterpieces, as well as books of Monet and his art works.

`Monet`s House` restaurant
`Monet`s house` is a French cuisine based restaurant that uses local produce and offers semi-fine dinning in a relaxed atmosphere overlooking Monet`s Flower Garden. If you happen to dine in the evening, the desserts are a must-try item

Home-style Bakery
At this French style bakery, you can enjoy all the flavors of local ingredients from the freshly baked bread and cakes on offer. A mouthwatering selection of ice-creams and ice-blocks are also a popular treat.

All the way from France, Claude Monet`s only garden outside his home country has now been replicated in Kitagawa Village, Kochi, Japan. Impressionist artist Claude Monet devoted his heart and soul into planting attractive and exquisite plants and flowers. In which, he created many impressionistic style paintings, using his garden as a living canvas.

Monet`s Garden in Kitagawa Village features a Water Garden and a Flower Garden, that are influenced by a Japanese style print from the Edo period called [ukiyoe], which Monet dearly treasured. It is through this that you can understand Monet`s deep interest for Japanese artworks and culture.

The studio styled gallery features an attractive gift shop stocked with a large selection of Monet souvenirs and local goods from the Kitagawa region. In the gallery, you can also view replicas of Monet`s masterpieces, as well as books of Monet and his art works. Inside the garden, there is a French restaurant and a home-style French bakery.

The period from July to October is a very special time, where you can view the lush blue water lilies, that cannot be viewed at the Monet`s Garden in France.

Brings together a large selection of attractive and colorful flowers that creates an impression of an artist’s palette. The ambience of the flower garden changes throughout the seasons as do the flowers, capturing a new and vibrant atmosphere all year round. These flowers are arranged at varying heights, and are colour coordinated to the changing of the four seasons, making them highly appealing to the eye.

The Water Garden is influenced by Monet`s fascination for Japanese gardens and collection of Japanese hand-prints mounted on woodblocks called `ukiyoe`. The garden features a taiko bridge arched over a pond, Japanese wisteria trellis, willow tress, bamboo and a selection of water lilies. This is identical to the Japanese taiko bridge over a pond in a Japanese garden that he built in Giverny in 1883. The ponds give a sense of tranquility, when you view the reflections of the sunlight and garden plants on the water. Several replicas of Monet’s artworks surrounding the ponds and bridges can also be viewed freely. The most memorable artwork of Monet`s life, the water lilies (Nympheas), is also featured in replica form around the ponds, a site not to be missed.

Thanks to the approval and cooperation from Gilbert Gale, head of the Monet`s Garden in Giverny France, Kitagawa`s dream of creating a third garden within the Monet`s Garden vicinity became a reality. The Light Garden is based on Monet`s expedition to the Mediterranean Sea at the age of 43, with a fellow artist Renoir Pierre-Auguste. The aim of his expedition to the Mediterranean Sea was to create numerous artworks that capture the beautiful 　Mediterranean Sea and its surroundings. Utilizing the lush and diverse landscape of the Kitagawa area, palms trees, olive trees and other exotics flowers and plants were planted to give the impression of a Mediterranean style garden. The ranging heights of the garden allow you to view out of the garden area and take in the beautiful mountains, forest, oceans and rivers that surround the area. An experience that can only be offered at Monet`s Garden in Kitagawa Village.