Japanese Garden Hasselt

The Japanese Garden in Hasselt is the largest Japanese garden in Europe and a jewel of tranquillity and beauty in the heart of the city. Created to honour the twinning relationship between Hasselt and Itami (Japan), the garden offers an authentic Japanese experience with a ceremonial tea house, graceful bridges, waterfalls, cherry blossoms and carefully placed rocks and plants. The garden was designed by Japanese landscape architects and is a tribute to the Japanese art of garden design.

The garden is largely accessible to wheelchair users, with wide and flat paths through most of the domain. Some zones are, however, not accessible by wheelchair: the stepping stones near the waterfall, the bridge over the ceremonial pond, the path to the tea house, the W-shaped path in the central pond and the bridge across the rightmost pond. These limitations are inherent to the authentic Japanese garden design.

At the rear of the garden you will find sanitary facilities, including a wheelchair-accessible toilet. Despite a few inaccessible zones, the vast majority of this enchanting garden can be comfortably explored from a wheelchair. The serene atmosphere, the beautiful plantings and the Japanese architecture make a visit to the Japanese Garden a unique and calming experience.