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+name: "Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens"
+subtitle: "One of only two Japanese gardens in Ireland, honoring a writer who bridged two cultures"
+date: 2026-07-15
+shortlist: true
+link: "https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lafcadio-hearn-japanese-gardens"
+linkText: "atlasobscura.com"
+source: "Atlas Obscura"
+topics: [travel-and-places]
+tags: [ireland, gardens, japanese-garden]
+description: "One of only two Japanese gardens in Ireland, in the seaside town of Tramore — an homage to the writer Lafcadio Hearn, who bridged Victorian Ireland and Meiji Japan."
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+Lafcadio Hearn spent boyhood summers in the seaside town of Tramore before becoming, decades later, the writer who introduced Meiji-era Japan to the West — celebrated there under the name Koizumi Yakumo. Tramore's 2.5-acre garden traces his life across eleven distinct sections, from Victorian and Greek gardens through to an authentic Japanese garden with a Niwamon gate and Sori Bashi bridge. It's one of only two Japanese gardens in the country.