Japanese Garden, Japanese garden in Larvotto, Monaco

The Japanese Garden is an urban park in Monaco that arranges diverse landscape features including a mountain, waterfall, stream, and Zen garden across 0.7 hectares near the Mediterranean shore. The grounds rise at different levels with carefully placed pathways and areas for sitting and viewing.

The garden was commissioned by Prince Rainier III in 1994, in memory of Princess Grace, who had a strong interest in Japanese culture and wished for a Japanese garden in Monaco but died in a car accident before it could be built. It was designed by Yasuo Beppu, winner of the garden contest at the 1990 International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, as a miniature representation of Shintoist philosophy.

The garden was built as a miniature representation of Shinto philosophy, designed by Yasuo Beppu, who won the grand prize at the 1990 Osaka Flower Exhibition. In November 2024 it hosted an exhibition of Bizen ceramics, including works by Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki.

The garden lies on Avenue Princesse Grace, beside the Grimaldi Forum convention centre in Larvotto, and is open daily from 9:00 until sunset. Entry is free. Paths wind around the pond and up the stylised mountain, so allow time to walk the full circuit.

The garden was designed by Yasuo Beppu, who won the grand prize at the 1990 Osaka Flower Exhibition, and it is laid out as a miniature representation of Shinto philosophy. In November 2024 it hosted an exhibition of Bizen ceramics, including works by Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki.