Shikina-en, Royal garden in Naha, Japan

Shikina-en is a royal garden in Naha featuring a large wooded landscape with a central pond, stone bridges, and palace buildings topped with red tile roofs. The grounds include multiple sections and structures arranged for visitors to walk through and explore.

The garden was built in 1799 as a secondary residence for Ryukyu kings and a venue to receive Chinese envoys. After being destroyed in 1945, it was reconstructed and reopened to visitors.

The garden's name comes from Shikina, the district in Naha where it stands; it was also called Shichina-nu-Udun and, being south of Shuri Castle, Nan-en (Southern Garden). Since 1999 a tanka poetry gathering is held in the grounds every 3 November, Culture Day, and on the fourth Sunday of November local groups perform traditional performing arts. The pond is fed by the Ikutokusen spring, whose water supports the freshwater red alga Shima-chisuji-nori, a national natural monument.

The garden lies southeast of the Shikina-en-mae crossroads, and the bus stop of that name is split: routes 2 and 3 stop just west of the junction, while routes 5 and 14 use a separate stop a minute north. The main gate is in the northwest, but visitors enter through the general gate. The grounds cover about 42,000 square metres.

The garden features two distinct stone bridges crossing the central pond and connecting to small islands, one built from unshaped limestone boulders and another carved from a single large rock. These bridges show contrasting approaches to bridge design within the same space.