Place of Scenic Beauty

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Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

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Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

Place of Scenic Beauty■Garden inauguration
April 30, 1956
■Area
30,780.86㎡■HoursOpen from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Entry closes at 4:30 p.m.)

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens※Opening hours may be extended during special events,

Thunberg spirea
VioletCluster amaryllis
Rose

Cherry blossom

CamelliaKerria japonica

Japanese wax tree (autumnal tints)

Iris japonica

Maple (autumnal tints)

AzaleaGinkgo (yellow leaves)

Peony

Bottlebrush
Rose■Free admission days
Green Day (May 4)
Tokyo Citizen’s Day (October 1)■Free guided tour (in Japanese)
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays(Twice a day from 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.)

Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi(Winter plant protection)

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens OfficeTel: 03-3910-0394
1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo〒114-0024

Bloom time can vary depending on yearly weather conditions etc.

AdmissionWelcome to Cultural Heritage Gardens
Every Tokyo Metropolitan Garden is designated as a cultural heritage ofeither the State or of Tokyo, combining history, culture, and nature since
the Edo, Meiji and Taisho eras.
They are valuable properties that have survived disasters including theGreat Kanto Earthquake and the War, as well as progressing urbanization.
Your understanding and cooperation are greatly appreciated in order toallow such important properties to be left to prosper in better conditions.

General￥150

￥120

￥600

￥4,00065 or over￥70

￥50

￥280

￥2,000

Annual passport Annual passport(Kyu-Furukawa Gardens) (Common for 9 gardens)

Elementary school students or younger (guardian required) and middle
school students (living or attending school in Tokyo Metropolis)

Joint Ticket with Rikugien Gardens

General ¥４００ 65 or over ¥200

An additional fee is required for the western-style residence tour

Western-style Western-style Residence & Teahouse/ Administration: Otani Art Museum Tel: 03-3910-8440
residence tour
※In addition, an admission fee is required.
※For details, please contact.

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Hongo(Nambo -doriku Line)○ You may not appreciate someplaces as cultural heritages may
require regular repair works forpreservation.

Hama-rikyu Gardens
Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Gardens
Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
Rikugien Gardens
Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens
Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
Kiyosumi Gardens
Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
Tonogayato Gardens

Group(20 or more)H○ Taking photos and making sketches
in certain areas are also prohibitedin order to preserve the buildings
and landscape.

9 Metropolitan CulturalHeritage Gardens

IndividualAdmission
freea【Request from the garden】○ Please refrain from entering withpets, collecting plants and animals
from the garden, use of mats, orbringing in alcoholic beverages.

Unique garden of the Taisho-period with a harmonized mixture of Japanese and western tastes※For maintenance, closed for 3 days or so in Dec.-Feb.
every year only in the afternoon.

【Contact】

German iris

Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi(Winter plant protection)

etc.

■ClosedYear-end holidays (December 29 to January 1)

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Subway Namboku Line,
Nishigahara Sta.
7 minutes on footJR Yamanote Line,Komagome Sta.(North Exit)
12 minutes on foot※Parking is not available.
20 minutes on foot to Front Gate of
Rikugien Gardens.
13 minutes on foot to Somei Gate of
Rikugien Gardens.

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Somei Gateof the western and Japanese style gardens that provide a pleasing space, ※Ordinary
closedbring you in touch with the spirit and tastes of the by-gone Taisho period.
Water flow

Lookout point

Fifteen-layered stone tower↑Karetaki

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Autumn colors at the Japanese garden.

Japanese garden

Ume grove
Yukimi-toro (lantern)/ Rikugien

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Shinji-ike (pond).

Kuzure-ishizumi

The focal point in the Japanese garden is
Shinji-ike (pond), whose graciously curved form
comforts your mind. The large Yukimi-toro(lantern) makes a fine contrast to the surrounding
greens, giving deeper atmosphere to the garden.

Funatsuki-ishi

KaretakiTeahouse
Kabuto GateoHongo-d(Otani Art Museum)

Otaki (waterfall)Archive

This classic style building followed aresidencestyleofBritish
aristocracy, and it is natural slaterooﬁng and brick-built. Outer wallsof the building are covered withreddish Shin-Komatsu-ishi (andesite)
produced in Manazuru area of Izu.
When the walls are wet by rain,
they show a quiet color tone.

Azalea Garden

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One of the resources of “Kare-sansui (dry gardenstyle)” to express natural landscape without using
water is karetaki (dry waterfall). As theassumptive source of water for the gorge in theback of the shore of Shinji-ike (pond), there is thestone formation of Karetaki.

Shinji-ike (pond)

A pond built with stones like Kurama-hiraishi andIyo-aoishi, taking the shape of a Chinese character“心 (mind)” in its cursive script. There is the“Funatsuki-ishi” as the central element toappreciate the pond, and “Araiso (rocky beach)”,Yukimi-toro, Karetaki, Stone formation to thefront, and a manmade hill in the back.

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Stone made westernstyle residence

Roses planted in the terrace-style garden bear magnificent large flowers inspring and autumn. Coupled with atmosphere of the western-stylebuilding, it satisfies your exoticism. The stone walls are densely covered
with banksia rose which is the symbol plant for Princess Mako, the elder
daughter of Prince Akishi-no-miya (the younger brother of the Crown
Prince, Hiro-no-miya).

Nuresagi-toro (lantern)Open area

ome StaThis place is featured by its arrangement to have built a western-style
residence on the slightly elevated land, a western-style garden on the slope
and a Japanese garden on its lower location, fully taking advantage of the
topographic condition with ingenuity. Originally, the land belonged to
Mutsu Munemitsu, a genkun (elder statesmen who did great contribution
in the Meiji restoration) of the Meiji period as his residence. When his
second son was adopted into the family of the Furukawa family (financialcombine), it passed into possession of the family. (The original building of
those days is no more in existence.)
The designer of the present western building and western garden was aBritish architect, Josiah Conder (1852-1920) who was responsible fordesigning of the Rokumei-kan, the Nicolai Cathedral and the western-style
residence in the Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens and others, thus having madevery visible contributions to development of the world of architecture inJapan. The garden architect of the Japanese garden was Ogawa Jihei,
alias Niwashi-Jihei (1860-1933) from Kyoto, who completed an attractiveand superb garden which rivaled or surpassed its western-stylecounterpart. Kyu-Furukawa Gardens is a valuable presence that preserves
original style of gardens in early stage of Taisho, and it was designated as
the Place of Scenic Beauty of the nation on January 26, 2006 as the “KyuFurukawa Gardens (designated name as a cultural property).

This is a waterfall falling from a point of more than
10m high. A location of the sharpest inclination in
the garden was cut further to form a cliff, having
covered with dense trees that gives an impressionof a deep mountain and dark valley. It is anelaborated landscape-making starting from several
steps of small waterfalls that finally fall into a deep
waterfall basin.

Sta.→Otaki which still uses well water as the source.