Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Water lily

FLOWER CALENDER

Japanese iris

special events, etc.

Japanese wisteria
Rice planting

Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi(Winter plant protection)

Japanese silver leaf

Red spider lily Japanese wax tree (red leaves)
Ear of rice

Maple (red leaves)

Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi(Winter plant protection)

Bloom time can vary depending on yearly weather conditions etc.

【Contact】
Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens OfficeTel: 03-3811-3015
1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo〒112-0004

Admission

Welcome to Cultural Heritage Gardens￥1,200￥4,000￥120￥600￥2,000

Annual passport
Annual passport(Koishikawa Korakuen) (Common for 9 gardens)

Elementary school students or younger (guardian required) and middle
school students (living or attending school in Tokyo Metropolis)②Nighttime
17：00～20：30③Day and Night
12：30～20：30

Hall(40)￥5,800￥5,800￥11,600

Engetsu/Furo/Horai (each 15)￥2,100￥2,100￥4,200Annex room (20)

￥3,900￥3,900￥7,800Japanese room (10)￥2,100￥2,100￥4,200※Reservations are accepted from 9 a.m. of the day 6 months before.
※The rent does not include admission fee.

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Bunkyo-ku Wa【Access】■East Gate
◎5 minutes walk from
"Suidobashi" (west exit)on
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Korakuen◎8 minutes walk from“Korakuen”(Exit 2) on theTokyo Metro Marunouchi
Line and Namboku Line
Koishikawa Tokyo◎8 minutes walk from
Korakuen
DomeKoishikawa"Suidobashi" (Exit A2) on
Athletic Field West Gate
the Toei Mita Line
Japan China Friendship Amusement
Association Hall East Gate park
■West GateYellow◎3 minutes walk from
Exit C3 Jyutaku Kinyu
Building
Exit C2"Iidabashi" (Exit C3) on
Shien Kikoi
Sotobori-dori
the Toei Oedo LineshNamboku Lineba
◎8 minutes walk fromaKandagawa
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the JR Sobu Line
JR LineSuidobashi◎8 minutes walk from
"Iidabashi" (Exit A1, A3)
Iidon the Tokyo Metro Tozai
abLine, Yurakucho Line,ashiand Namboku Line※Parking is not available.

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Yurakway NoExpressroi○ Smoking is forbidden on thepremises. No smoking sections areavailable.

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

￥240

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○ As a cultural heritage regular
maintenance is required. Therefore,
some areas may be closed toobservation.

MeetingFacilityuku○ Taking photos and making sketchesin certain areas are also prohibitedin order to preserve the buildings
and landscape.

9 Metropolitan CulturalHeritage Gardens

￥300
￥150

①Daytime
12：30～16：00

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from the garden, use of mats, orbringing in alcoholic beverages.

General
65 or overAdmission
freeTo I【Request from the garden】

Group(20 or more)To

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.

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Golden-rayed lilyLin

Iris japonicaLotus

Great garden associated with legendary
Tokugawa Mitsukuni■ClosedYear-end holidays (December 29 to January 1)■Free admission days
Green Day (May 4)
Tokyo Citizen’s Day (October 1)■Guided tour (Free)(Japanese)
Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and public holidays
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
(English)Saturdays 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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Cherry blossom

Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens※Opening hours may be extended during

Balloon flower

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Plum-blossom

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Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens

Special Historic Site andSpecial Place of Scenic Beauty■Garden inauguration
April 3, 1938
■Area70,847.17㎡■HoursOpen from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Entry closes at 4:30 p.m.)

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Winter sweet

English ／英語

For Stamping

Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens

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Mitsukuni loved plum-blossom so much to the extent

used his symbol name as “bairi” (village of plum).
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In early February, 30 species of red and white plumblossoms come into bloom.

This garden was originally built by the founder of the Mito branchof Tokugawa clan, Yorifusa as his secondary residence (later upgradedas the main residence) in early stage of the Edo period, in 1629. It wascompleted as a garden during the reign of the second domain lord,Mitsukuni. Its style is kaiyu-style (circuit style) with ponds andmanmade hills centering on the pond. In developing the garden,Mitsukuni invited advises from Zhu Zhiyu, the retainer of the Mindynasty. Typical sights in China were reflected in Engetsu-kyo and
Saiko-no-tsutsumi, and even the garden name was given by Zhu
Zhiyu, resulting in a garden full of Chinese tastes and flavor.
The name “Korakuen” was derived from a Chinese text “Gakuyoro-ki”
by Fan-Zhongyan, meaning “Worry before all worries in the world,and enjoy after all enjoyments in the world”.
Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens is designated as Special Historic
Site and the Special Place of Scenic Beauty of the country by the
Cultural Assets Preservation Act. This double designation is quiterare in the country, limited to Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens,
Hama-rikyu Gardens, Kinkakuji Temple Garden and a few others.

Tokujin-do

Engetsu-kyo(Full Moon Bridge)

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Ume grove.

Fujita Toko Commemorative Monument

Kisogawa

Wisteria trellis
IrisesPine trees
Tatsutagawa

Dai-Sensui

Horai-jima

Maple trees

Nobedan

Tokudaiji-ishi

Shiraito-no-taki
Hitotsu-matsu

Former site of Kanda
water supply

MaroyaChuhosen-no-hi
Former site ofSaigyo-do

Lotus pond
Rest facility

Tokujin-do

Tsuten-kyo
Traces of Otowa Falls

KaramonShidare-zakura

Engetsu-kyo

Saiko-no-tsutsumi

This bank was made inresemblance to the bank of Lake
Seiko (Xi Hu) in Hangzhou (presentZhejiang province), China. It is believed to haveleft significant influences to daimyo gardens
throughout the country.

There used to be theMito Domain Shoin here.
This was partitioned bythe Karamon, and wasseparated from the "Backgarden" on the Daisensui
side.

Nobedan

Funatsuki

Sawatari

This was modeled after Tsuten Bridgeat Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto.

Uchi-niwa

Kuhachi-ya

Irises

Komachi-zuka
Former site of Hakke-do
Atago slope

NobedanChikubu-jima

Eiyo-hi

Inada

Yatsuhashi

Tsuten-kyo

Kara-mon(Chinese gate)
Nezameno-taki

AkamonFormer site of Kinkakutei
Ume grove
Ume grove
Furosui

The rice field made by
Mitsukuni with a motive
for teaching hardship offarmers to the wife of hisheir, Tsunaeda. At present,
primary school childrenin the local Bunkyo-wardparticipate in rice planting
in May and harvesting inautumn,tryingtopreserve and succeed thetraditional events.

Uchi-niwa

The name was given as the reflected shape ofthe bridge on the surface of the water appeared
like a full moon. The design is attributed toChinese Confucian Zhu Zhiyu, and it is avaluable structure that preserves the conditionof those days along with Tokujin-do.

Korak

When Mitsukuni was 18 years old, hewas deeply moved by Shiki’s (TheHistorical Records) “Biographies of Boyiand Shuqi”. Wooden figures of Boyiand Shuqi used to be enshrined inthis small temple.

Entrance
East gate

Naruto↑Inada(Paddy field)(Chinese-style gate)

This gate was once theofficial entrance to thegarden. It was burnt
down in the war, but wasrestored in 2020.

Shorozann

Sawatari
OigawaByobu-iwa

Shop

Kantoku-tei
Togetsukyo

Garden OfficeGarden guide meeting place
This is the centric

Saiko-no-tsutsumi

Former site of Kiyomizu Kannon-do

Chinese style unassumingstone path of the ingenious
combination of natural stones
and cut stones of differentsizes.

Passable routes for wheel chairs
Entrance
West gate
Iidabashi Sta.→0m50m

in the garden
Dai-Sensui view
with Horai-jimaand Chikubu-jima in an attempt toremind Biwa Lake. Boating wasenjoyed in the pond in the old days.