The Ikeda Family Gardens cover an area of 42,000 square meters, and have views of the Ōu Mountains and Mount Chōkai and is surrounded by rice fields. The entire garden is surrounded by a moat, embankment and stone wall. It is uncertain when the garden was first laid out, but the property had been the residence of the Ikeda family for many generations, and the gardens were completely remodeled after a large earthquake in 1896 by the noted gardener Nagaoka Yasuhira. The gardens are laid out as a walking garden around a large pond. Care was taken to incorporate a large number of exotic plants, forming what is almost a botanical garden. One highlight of the large is a huge Yukimi-dōrō stone lantern made from stone from the Oga Peninsula, with a diameter of four meters. The gardens were designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 2004.