FUJIWARA no Teika who visited the villa in 1225 wrote with warm praise in the Meigetsu-ki (the Diary of FUJIWARA no Teika) that there was a water fall approx. 13.6m and the water of the pond was like lapis lazuli and the spring and the rocks were clear and really incomparable.
1225年にこの地を訪れた藤原定家は明月記に、45尺の滝があり池水は瑠璃のようで泉石は清澄、まことに比類がない、と記し激賞している。