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Cover: Rikugien Gardens (top left), Hama-rikyu Gardens (top right)
Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens (bottom left), Tonogayato Gardens (bottom right)
All the information here was updated in March 2023.
Please check the latest information on the website of each institution.

Japanese Gardens in Tokyo 2024
Published March 2024
Produced by : Tokyo Japanese Garden Hospitality Committee
Edited by : Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association
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in Tokyo[Legend] *Flowering times differ depending on the variety of flower, etc. See each garden's page for more details.
17 Kyu-Yasuda Gardens
18 Ikedayama Park
Garden3 Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens 9 Tonogayato Gardens
13 Tokyo National Museum 19 Mejiro Garden
4 Rikugien Gardens
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20 Yamamoto-tei
5 Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens
21 Yakushi-ike Park
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2 Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Gardens (p. 3) 8 Kyu-Furukawa Gardens (p. 15) 12 Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
3 Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens (p. 5) 9 Tonogayato Gardens (p. 17)
4 Rikugien Gardens (p. 7)
5 Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens (p. 9)

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About “Tokyo Japanese Garden Hospitality Committee”
The committee consists of metropolitan, national, municipal, and private gardens. The committee provides information about
Japanese gardens in Tokyo to promote the beauty of these gardens to residents of and visitors to Tokyo.

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17 Kyu-Yasuda Gardens (p. 33)

23 Nezu Museum (p. 45)

18 Ikedayama Park (p. 35)

24 Mohri Garden (p. 47)

28 Sui-kei-en Garden (p. 55)

19 Mejiro Garden (p. 37)

25 Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (p. 49)

29 Keio Mogusaen (p. 57)

Hama Palace where sea breeze blows as a reminder of the Edo era

Hama-rikyu Gardens
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a tidal pond of seawater drawn from Tokyo bay called
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the fourth shogun Ietsuna’s younger brother Matsudaira Tsunashige reclaimed land from the sea and built
his detached residence called Kofu Hama-yashiki
on hawking sites of the shogun’s family. With Tsunashige’s son Tsunatoyo (later Ienobu) became thesixth shogun, the mansion became the property ofthe shogun’s family. The name was then changed toHama palace. After the Meiji Restoration, the garden

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Contact ● 03-3541-0200
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ●General ¥300, 65 or older ¥150
(No charge for children aged 12 or under, and juniorhigh school students living or attending school inTokyo)
Annual pass ¥1,200 (65 or older ¥600)

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Station / Tsukijishijo Station on the Toei Oedo Line or
Shiodome Station on the Yurikamome Line. 12 minutes walk from Shimbashi Station on the JR Yamanote/ Keihin-Tohoku Line, the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, or the
Toei Asakusa Line.
[Naka-no-gomon Gate] 5 minutes walk from Shiodome
Station on the Yurikamome Line or the Toei Oedo Line.
15 minutes walk from Hamamatsucho Station on the JR
Yamanote or Keihin-Tohoku Line.
Car ● From Tsukiji, turn left before the Shiosakibashi
intersection on Shin-Ohashi Dori and cross the Otemonbashi bridge.
Parking ● [Otemon Gate] 6 parking spaces for medium and large sightseeing buses, 7 parking spaces fordisabled visitors(free of charge).
*For General visitors, please use nearby public parking.
No parking is available at Naka-no-gomon Gate.

became a Detached Palace of the Imperial Family,changing its name to Hama-rikyu. The Imperial Family gave the garden to the City of Tokyo in November
1945, and after restoration work, it has been thrownopen to the public since April, 1946 as Hama-rikyu
Gardens. Later in 1952, the garden was designatedas a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and Special Historic Site of the country.

1the historical sources, landscape redolent of bygone
days has been recreated. You can enjoy a powderedgreen tea and Japanese confection. set (extra charge)
at Nakajima-no-ochaya.

Features and Sights to See■ Shioiri-no-ike (Tidal Pond)
The pond has a style to draw in seawater and change its
appearance by ebb and flow of the tide. The pond is the
only remaining seawater pond from the Edo era within
Tokyo. Lock gates are opened and closed according to
the rise and fall of the water level in Tokyo Bay, thus
adjusting the flow of water in and out of the pond. Salt
water fish such as black seabream, goby and eel inhabit the pond.

Flower Calendar

Jan. ● Wintersweet
Feb. - Mar. ● Japanese apricot blossoms, Narcissus,
Colza flowers
Mar. - Apr. ● White magnolia, Someiyoshino cherry blossoms
Apr. ● Ornamental peach blossoms, Double cherry
blossom, Wisteria
May - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea
Jun. ● Japanese iris
Jun. - Jul. ● Hydrangea
Jul. - Sep. ● Trumpet vine
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle
Aug. ● Sulfur cosmos
Aug. - Sep. ● Cotton rosemallow
Sep. ● Red spider lily
Sep. - Oct. ● Cosmos, Japanese bush clover, Orange
osmanthus
Nov. ● Japanese wax tree (red leaves)Nov. - Dec. ● Maple (red leaves), Trident maple (redleaves), Sasanqua
Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri, Shimoyoke and Komomaki(Winter plant protections)■ Sambyakunen-no-matsu (Old Pine)
This pine was planted more than 300 years ago to commemorate the great renovation made to the garden by
the 6th shogun Ienobu. The thick branches spread out
low, still keeping a proud imposing view.

■ Ochayas (Teahouses)
The teahouses were built during the rule of the 11th
shogun Ienari, and after being destroyed in bombing
during World War II , Matsu-no-ochaya was restored
in 2010 followed by Tsubame-no-ochaya in 2015 andTaka-no-ochaya in 2018. By construction faithful to

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Tsukiji River

Waterbus Boarding Area

Flower Fieldcolza flowers

Uchibori
Open Space
Site ofEnryo-kan

Kyu-Inabu Shrine
Plum Grove

Peonies

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Koshindo Kamoba(duck-hunting site)

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Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Gardens
National-designated Place of Scenic Beauty “Garden of Former Shibarikyu”

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Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-shiba-rikyu/

Train ● 1 minute walk from the north exit of Hamamatsucho Station on the JR Yamanote or KeihinTohoku Line.
3 minutes walk from exit B2 of Daimon Station on
the Toei Oedo or Asakusa Line.

Address ● 1-4-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku
Contact ● 03-3434-4029
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed● Dec.29 - Jan.1
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Entrance fee ● General ¥150, 65 or older ¥70 (No charge for primary school children or younger, and junior high school
students living or attending school in Tokyo)
Annual pass ¥600 (65 or older ¥280)

Kyu-Shiba-rikyu is regarded by many as being oneof the most beautiful gardens in Tokyo, and it’s oneof only two surviving Edo era feudal lord’s gardens
along with Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens. It is a typical Japanese garden with a pond surrounded by apath, featuring superb ground and stone work. KyuShiba-rikyu is filled with man-made hills which give
excellent views of the environs, and the highest hill
Oyama provides a full, panoramic view. The garden
was bestowed to the Tokyo City in 1924 in commemoration of the wedding of Emperor Showa. After
restoration and upgrading work, it was opened to the
public as “Kyu-Shiba-rikyu-Onshi-Gardens”.

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Winter sweet
Feb. - Mar. ● Japanese apricot, Narcissus
Mar. - Apr. ● Flowering quince, Thunberg's meadowsweet,
CherryApr. ● Hall's crabapple
Apr. - May ● Azalea, Rhododendron, Wisteria
May - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea
Jun. ● Pink striped trumpet lily
Jun. - Jul. ● Hydrangea
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle
Aug. - Sep. ● Japanese bush clover, Red spider lily
Sep. - Oct. ● Orange osmanthus
Oct. - Nov. ● Leopard plant
Oct. - Dec. ● Burning bush (red leaves)Nov. - Dec. ● Maple (red leaves)Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi (Winter plant
protection)3

■ Mt. Oyama

Features and Sights to See

The highest man-made hill in the garden which provides
magnificent view of the garden. A contrast of 2 hills on
its right and left, as well as variety of extending ridge
lines seen from the other shore of the pond give profound and quiet tastes of viewing.

■ Large Garden Pond
This pond is the central feature of the garden, with approximately 9,000m2 of extension. In former days, it
was a shioiri-no-ike (salt water pond) drawing in the sea
water of Tokyo Bay, but it is now a freshwater pond. Twoislets, Nakajima and Ukishima are arranged in the pond
to create an image of sea and lake with a beach-likearea (Suhama) at the shore.

■ Seiko-no-tsutsumi
This is a stone made embankment that was designed
in reminiscence of the same in Seiko Lake in Hangzhou(Present province of Hangzhou). The stone formation of
Nakajima survived from the days when the garden was
called “Rakujyu-en”.

Large Garden Pond

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Great garden associated with legendary Mito Tokugawa Family

Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
National-designated Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty“Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens”

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Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/koishikawakorakuen/

Train ● 3 minutes walk from Iidabashi Station on
the Toei Oedo Line. 8 minutes walk from Suidobashi
and Iidabashi stations on the JR Sobu Local Line.
8 minutes walk from Iidabashi Station on the Tokyo
Metro Tozai, Yurakucho, or Namboku Line. 8 minutes walk from Korakuen Station on the Tokyo Metro
Marunouchi or Namboku Line.
Address ● 1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku Contact ● 03-3811-3015
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ● General ¥300, 65 or older ¥150 (No charge for primary school children or younger, and junior high school
students living or attending school in Tokyo)
Annual pass ¥1,200 (65 or older ¥600)

Construction of the garden was started by the feudal
lord Tokugawa Yorifusa back in 1629, and completed
in the hands of his son, the second domain lord,
Tokugawa Mitsukuni with the help of a Confucian
scholar from China. This strong Chinese influencecan be seen throughout the garden, and it gives

Korakuen its own unique ambience. Typical sights
in China were reflected as seen by Engetsu-kyo and
Seiko-no-tsutsumi. Also, Korakuen is a garden ofmany hills and levels with winding paths that leadto extraordinary views. The garden is centered on alarge pond, but has many stone pathways which leadoff to groves, fields or scenic spots which visitors canenjoy in almost perfect calm.

Flower Calendar

Jan. ● Winter sweet, Far East Amur Adonis
Feb. - Mar. ● Plum-blossom, CamelliaMar. - Apr. ● Weeping cherry, Cherry
May ● Wisteria, Iris, Water lily
Jun. ● Japanese iris
Jul. - Aug. ● Lotus
Sep. ● Red spider lily
Oct. ● Leopard plantNov. - Dec. ● Maple (red leaves)Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi (Winter plant
protection)
Japanese Iris5

■ Rice field and plum tree grove

Features and Sights to See

This rice field was made by Mitsukuni with a motive
for teaching hardship of farmers to the wife of his heir,
Tsunaeda. At present local elementary school students
in Bunkyo ward are continuing traditional activities
through planting and harvesting the rice from this field.
Mitsukuni also loved plum-blossom so much to theextent he used his symbol name as “bairi” (village ofplum). In early February, 20 different types of plumblossoms like red and white ones bloom.

■ Varied scenery
The park has been beautifully designed to have thelarge garden pond at its center, surrounded by lake,
mountains, rivers, and rice paddy. Scenic areas named
after famous places in China are scattered throughout
the park. You can enjoy both the varied scenery and theseasonal flowers as you walk through each area of thegardens. The garden has retained the early to mid Edostyle to this day and are therefore an important historical asset as well.
In particular, from late November through to early December, the garden is known as a popular spot, where
you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of 500 maple trees
turned to red leaves in the center of the city.

■ Engetsu-kyo
The name was given in light of the reflected shape ofthe bridge on water surface that appeared like a fullmoon. It is attributed to designing of Chinese Confucian
Zhu Zhiyu, and it is a valuable structure that preservescondition of those days, along with Tokujin-do.
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Graceful daimyo garden filled with refined mind of Waka poetry

Rikugien Gardens

National-designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty “ Rikugien Gardens”
Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/rikugien/

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10 minutes’ walk from Sengoku Station on the Toei
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Address ● 6-16-3 Hon-komagome, Bunkyo-ku
Contact ● 03-3941-2222
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ● General ¥300, 65 or older ¥150 (No charge for primary school children or younger, and junior high school
students living or attending school in Tokyo)
Annual pass ¥1,200 (65 or older ¥600)

Rikugien is a kaiyu-style (circuit style) daimyo garden with manmade hills and a pond that reflects
tastes and flavor of the world of Waka poetry. It
was constructed in 1702 by the lord of Kawagoe
domain, Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, who was deeply
trusted by the 5th shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
This is a typical and representative daimyo garden of the Edo period, and became the second
residence of the founder of Mitsubishi, Iwasaki
Yataro in the Meiji era. Later, it was donated by
the Iwasaki family to the City of Tokyo in 1938.
This delicate and genial garden shows you a wide
range of beautiful views strolling along.

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Winter sweetJan. - Mar. ● Camellia
Feb. ● Japanese apricot
Feb. - Mar. ● Japanese cornel
Mar. ● Kobushi magnolia, Weeping cherry
Apr. ● Someiyoshino, Yama-zakura cherry, Japanesekerria, Rhododendron dilatatum, White perulatus
May - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea, Hydrangea serrata
Jun. ● Quadricolor hydrangea
Jul. - Aug. ● Hydrangea involucrata, Crape myrtle
Aug. - Sep. ● Japanese bush clover
Sep. ● Red spider lily
Oct. - Nov. ● Sasanqua
Nov. ● Japanese wax tree (red leaves)Nov. - Jan. ● Maple (red leaves)Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi (Winter plant
protection)7

Features and Sights to See■ Weeping cherry
If you walk through the Naitei-Daimon Gate to enter thegarden, you'll see a Weeping cherry tree planted therethat blooms with boughs of soft pink in late Mar.. Theirsilhouette, reminiscent of a flowing waterfall, is a beautiful sight.

■ Fujishiro-toge Pass
Cherry blossoms during the daytime

This is the highest manmade hill of 35m, whose top is
called “Fujimi-yama” (Fuji-view peak) from where youcan enjoy a fantastic panoramic view. The name wastaken from a mountain path of the same name in Kishu(present Wakayama Prefecture).

■ Togetsu-kyo Bridge
A stone bridge that was named after a famous poem,“Shadow of the moon moving at night, and cry of acrane in mash of reed in the shore of Waka, makes me
feel so lonely”. Massive two large slabs of stones give a
distinctive effect to surrounding atmosphere.

Someimon gate
(normally closed)
Yamakage-bashi bridge
Tsutsuji-chaya gazebo
Site of
Ginka-tei

Fujishiro-toge pass
Sasakani-nomichi path

Fukiage Pine tree
Togetsu-kyo bridge
Site ofNii-tamamatsu

Naka-no-shima
Chidori-bashi
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Deshio-nominato

Takimichaya gazebo

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Shinsen-tei
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Weeping cherry

NaiteiDaimon gate
Rikugien Garden Office
Entrance
To Shinobazu-dori Ave

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To Komagome
StationGardens where wind of bygone days blows always

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens
National-designated National Important Cultural Property (building)“The former Residence of the Iwasaki Family”
Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/lope→
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Tokyo Metro
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Ueno-hirokoji Station,
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Ueno-okachimachi Station,
Toei Oedo Line

Train ● 3 minutes walk from Yushima Station on theTokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. 10 minutes walk from Ueno-hirokoji Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. 10
minutes walk from Ueno-Okachimachi Station on the
Toei Oedo Line. 15 minutes walk from Okachimachi
Station on the JR Yamanote or Keihin-Tohoku Line.

Address ● 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku
Contact ● 03-3823-8340
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ● General ¥400, 65 or older ¥200 (No charge for primary school children or younger, and junior high school
students living or attending school in Tokyo)
Annual pass ¥1,600 (65 or older ¥800)

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens was built in 1896 as themain residence of Iwasaki Hisaya, the 3rd presidentof Mitsubishi and the eldest son of Iwasaki Yataro, thefounder of the group. In those days, as many as 20
buildings were arranged in the site. But, at present, it
has been reduced to 1/3 of its original size, with only
3 buildings, namely the western residence, billiard
room and Japanese residence. The western residence
and billiard room were designed by Josiah Condor
who also designed Kyu-Furukawa Gardens. On theother hand, the Japanese building, connected to thewestern-style building, is reported that its construction was done by Okawa Kijyuro who had engaged inbuilding of many residences for magnates of politicaland business circles as the master carpenter.

Flower Calendar

Jan. ● Camellia hiemalis, Narcissus
Feb. ● Amur adonis, Christmas rose, Crocus
Mar. - Apr. ● Someiyoshino, Peony, Azalea
May - Jun. ● Hydrangea, Acamthus, Satuki azalea
Jul. - Aug. ● Plantain lily
Sep. - Oct. ● Leopard plantNov. - Dec. ● Ginkgo (yellow leaves), Maple (readleaves)9

Features and Sights to See■ Western residenceThis building was completed in 1896, and magnificent
decorations of the 17th century Jacobean style are seen
everywhere, along with the British Renaissance style andIslamic motifs. The south side of the building is a columned veranda (following the colonial style developed incolonies in Southeast Asia), and columns in the 1st floorand 2nd floor have features of Tuscan and Ionian styles
respectively. The 1st floor veranda is covered fully with
British Minton made tiles, and valuable Japanese leather
paper (kin-kara-kawashi). This is regarded as a rare architecture in the world history of residences with the annexedJapanese building.

Western residence■ Japanese residence

It is reported that its construction was done by Okawa Kijyuro who had engaged in building of many residences formagnates of political and business circles as the mastercarpenter. There remain Japanese paintings in alcove andon the paper slides, of which sketches are believed to havebeen done by Hashimoto Gaho.

■ Billiard room

Unlike the Jacobean-style western building, it is built likemountain lodges in Switzerland, which was very rare in
Japan those days. It is a wooden building in its entirety,
following the trend of the American gothics with its loghouse like walls (aze-kura-style), notched pillars andlarge roof extending eaves deeply. This building is interconnected with the western residence by an undergroundpassage, and inside of the building, you will see walls
papered with valuable restored Japanese leather paper.

The hallway of the Japanese residence

rear gate

Billiard room

Billiard room

Western residence

stand
cafe

Lawn garden

喫茶Japanese residence

Entrance

Garden Office

Original front gate

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Time honored Edo flower garden of 200 years history

Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
National-designated Historic Site and Place of Scenic
Beauty “Mukojima-Hyakkaen Flower Gardens”
Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/mukojima-hyakkaen/

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13 minutes walk from Keisei Hikifune Station on the
Keisei Oshiage Line.
Toei Bus ● 3 minutes walk from the Hyakkaen-Mae
bus stop on the Kameido to Nippori route (No. 22).
Address ● 3-18-3 Higashi-Mukojima, Sumida-ku
Contact ● 03-3611-8705
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.3
Entrance fee ● General ¥150, 65 or older ¥70 (No charge for primary school children or younger, and junior high school
students living or attending school in Tokyo)
Annual pass ¥600 (65 or older ¥280)

This flower garden was built in the early 19th century,
when Edo’s urban culture was at its peak. A wealthy
antique dealer named Sahara Kikuu, assisted by his
friends with literary and artistic tastes and talents,
took an initiative to open a flower garden for viewing
pleasure of flower-bearing vegetation. According to atheory, the name “Hyakkaen” (hundred-flower garden) was derived from the meaning “Garden where ahundred of flowers bloom four seasons of the year”.
At the inception of the garden, it was mostly 360
plum trees, but to follow, well known plants quoted
in Chinese and Japanese classics like “Shikyo” (theChina’s oldest collection of poems) and “Manyo-shu”(the existing oldest collection of Waka poems in Japan) were collected until the garden provided flowers
throughout the seasons. Hyakkaen was built with acommoner’s touch. Constructed by literary persons,it strongly reflected their tastes with a beauty thatdiffers from that of feudal lords’ gardens such as
Koishikawa Korakuen and Rikugien.

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Narcissus, Amur adonis
Feb. - Mar. ● Japanese apricot, Prunus persica Batsch
GenpeiMar. - Apr. ● Dogtooth violet, Stachyurus praecox, Barrenwort
Apr. - May ● Iris, Wisteria, Calanthe, Weigela coraeensis

May - Jun. ● Campanula bellflower, Japanese iris
Jun. - Jul. ● Hydrangea, Gooseneck loosestrife
Jul. - Aug. ● Chiniese Lizard's tail, Kudzu, Bottle groundAug. ● Japanese peppermint
Aug. - Sep. ● Snake gourd, Aeginetia indica, Scarlet
hibiscus
Sep. - Oct. ● Japanese bush clover, Burnet bloodwort,
Throughwort
Oct. - Nov. ● Ardisiacrispa (fruit), Japanese silver grass
Nov. - Dec. ● Leopard plant, Amur silvergrass, Kobukuzakura cherry, Chinese quince (fruit)
Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi (Winter plant
protection)
Dec. - Jan. ● Heavenly bamboo, Sasanqua, the Sevenherbs of Spring11

■ A garden view that speaks of thetownspeople culture

Features and Sights to See■ Seasonal flowers

Different to feuderal lords’ gardens that are built using artificial hills and decorative rocks, the MukojimaHyakkaen Gardens was built by common people withthe help of writers and artists when Edo culture was
beginning to bloom. The gardens has a unique look thattriggers subtle feelings of nostalgia. The view of the Tokyo Skytree® from the site of the Kuwa-no-chaya has
also become popular in recent years.

The Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens was created bycollecting well known plants quoted in “Shikyo” (theChina’s oldest collection of poems) and “Manyo-shu”(the existing oldest collection of Waka poems in Japan)
so that there would be flowers blooming throughout allseasons. You can enjoy the various wild grasses andgarden plants as well as flowers and trees including
Wisteria, Kudzu, and Akebia in different parts of thegarden.

■ Japanese bush clover tunnel
This thirty meter long tunnel is one of the most wellknown
spots in the garden. The best time to enjoy the tunnel is
mid to late September when the tunnel is coverd beautifully with white, pink, and mixed-color bush clover. Also,
the bush clover is pruned in winter, and it allows you toenjoy the beauty of the bamboo tunnel.
The garden during spring

Winter scenery

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Garden gate
Hokora(Small shrine)
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Wisteria trellis
Akebia trellis
Wisteria trellis

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Children's
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Wisteria trellis

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Kiyosumi Gardens

Tokyo Metropolitan Government-designated Place of Scenic Beauty “Kiyosumi Gardens”
Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kiyosumi/
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Train ● 3 minutes walk from exit A3 of KiyosumiShirakawa Station on the Toei Oedo Line or the Tokyo
Metro Hanzomon Line.

damage during the Great Kanto earthquake andWorld War II, but still remains one of the finest
examples of a Meiji era strolling garden.

Address ● 3-3-9 Kiyosumi, Koto-ku
Contact ● 03-3641-5892
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ● General ¥150, 65 or older ¥70(No charge for primary school children or younger,
and junior high school students living or attending
school in Tokyo)
Annual pass ¥600 (65 or older ¥280)

According to an estimate, this place is regarded
as the former site of a mansion of the legendary wealthy merchant, Kinokuniya Bunzaemon
in Edo-period. During 1716 and 1735, it became
the secondary residence of the domain lord of
Seki-yado in Shimousa-no-kuni (largely present
Chiba Prefecture), Kuze Yamatonokami. In 1878,
Mitsubishi founder Iwasaki Yataro bought the
dilapidated residence, and he planned a garden
that would be a site for his employee’s recreationand to invite dignitaries. While it was opened as“Fukagawa Shinbokuen” in 1880, the garden
construction went on until it was completed as
the most representative “kaiyu-style (circuit style)garden” in Meiji-period, that include a large ponddrawing water from Sumida river and manmadehills in particular valuable stones collected from allover the country. The garden suffered extensive

Features and Sights to See■ PondThis large pond plays the central scenic role in the garden with an arrangement of 3 islets inside, reflecting
shadowed shapes of birds water, tea-ceremony housestyle architecture as well as trees around. It used totake advantage of drawn water from Sumida river which
created a subtle effect to the pond view with the ebb
and flow. Now, the pond depends on rain water.

Mt. Fuji seen from the large garden pond13

■ Valuable stones
The stones were collected from stone producing areas
nationwide by the Iwasaki family taking advantage of
steamships that belonged to their own company. Most
noteworthy stones are “Izu-iso-ishi”, “Iyo-ao-ishi”,“Kishu-ao-ishi”, “Ikoma-ishi”, “Izu-Shikinejima-ishi”,“Sado-akadama-ishi”, “Bitchu-Mikage-ishi”, “SanukiMikage-ishi”, “Nebukawa-ishi”, etc.

■ Tisho Kinenkan
This is a relocated building which was originally used as
the funeral hall for the funeral service of the Emperor
Taisho. Since the original building was lost by fire during
the war, it was rebuilt making use of used materials of
the funeral hall for the Empress Teimei. Overall reconstruction was introduced in 1989, and it is available as
an assembly hall.

Izu-iso-ishi and Settsu-Mikage-ishi (Natsume-ishi)

Kishu-ao-ishi

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Camellia, Japanese apricot, Amur adonis,
Narcissus
Mar. - Apr. ● Bell flower cherry, Sato-zakura cherry,
Azalea, Japanese andromeda, Japanese cornel, Thunberg's meadowsweet
May - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea, Japanese iris, Hydrangea,
Chinese catalpa
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle, Chinese chaste treeAug. - Sep. ● Japanese bush clover, Red spider lily,
Japanese anemone
Nov. - Jan. ● Sasanqua, Leopard plant, Japanese wax
tree (red leaves)Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri(supporting ropes tied to trees toprotect from the snow)

Taisho Kinenkan
To Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station

To Sumidagawa
River

Entrance●

Taisho Kinenkan

Edo-style clock tower

Open park area

Iso-watari(Stepping stones)★

Ryo-tei★
Arbor

Mt. FujiBasho’s poem monument
Ward LibraryChildren's
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park area★

Kiyosumi-dori★

GardenOfficeUnique garden of the Taisho-period with a harmonized mixture ofJapanese and western tastes

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

National-designated Place of Scenic Beauty “Former Gardens of the Furukawa Family”
Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-furukawa/

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Train ● 7 minutes walk from Kami-Nakazato Station on the JR
Keihin-Tohoku Line.
7 minutes walk from Nishigahara Station on the Tokyo Metro
Namboku Line.
12 minutes walk from Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote Line.

The Japanese garden during the season of red leaves

Address ● 1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku
Contact ● 03-3910-0394
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ● General ¥150, 65 or older ¥70 (No charge for primary school children or younger, and junior high school
students living or attending school in Tokyo), Annual pass ¥600 (65 or older ¥280)

A western-style mansion has been constructed
on a hill at the north side, taking advantage of thesouth slope of the Musashino terrace. Along withthe mansion, a bright western garden is situatedon the slope, and a traditional Japanese stylegarden centering on a pond sits on the lowlands.
This is one of the few gardens that maintain their
original early Taisho forms. The western-style
house and garden were designed by British architect Josiah Conder (1852-1920) who paid major
contributions to the development of architecture
in Japan, working on projects such as the mansion of Iwasaki Hisaya (Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens),
the Rokumeikan, and Nikolai Cathedral. Also, theJapanese garden was developed by famous Kyoto
gardener, the 7th Jihei Ogawa. And his garden
was a masterpiece work, not to be outdone by thewestern garden at all.

Flower Calendar

Mar. ● Camellia, Japanese apricot, Japanese narcissus
Apr. ● Thunberg's meadowsweet, Weeping cherry, Violagrypoceras, Kobushi magnolia, Someiyoshino, Yamazakura cherry, Japanese kerria, Iris japonica, White
perulatus, Peony, Lady Banks' rose, Azalea
May ● German iris, Spring rose, Bottlebrush
Jun. ● Gardenia, Satsuki azalea
Oct. ● Autumn rose
Nov. ● Japanese wax tree (red leaves), Maple (redleaves)Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi (Winter plant
protection)
Dec. ● Ginkgo (yellow leaves), Sasanqua

15Features and Sights to See■ Western-style residenceThis classic style building followed a residence style ofBritish aristocracy, and it is natural slate roofing andbrick-built. Outer walls of the building are covered
with reddish Shin-Komatsu-ishi (andesite) produced in
Manazuru area of Izu. When the walls are wet by rain,
they show a quiet color tone.

Western-style residence■ Western-style garden
Roses planted in the terrace-style garden bear magnificent large flowers in spring and autumn. Coupled withatmosphere of the western-style residence, 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 Akishino-nomiya (the younger brother of the Crown Prince, Hirono-miya).
Western-style garden■ Japanese garden
The focal point in the Japanese garden is Shinji-ike(pond), whose graciously curved form comforts yourmind. The large Yukimi-toro (lantern) makes a finecontrast to the surrounding greens, giving deeper atmosphere to the garden.

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Tonogayato Gardens

National-designated Place of Scenic Beauty “Tonogayato Garden; Zuigien villa”

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Website https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/tonogayato/

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JR Chuo Line

Kokubunji
Tonogayato
Gardens

Train ● 2 minutes walk from the south exit ofKokubunji Station on the JR Chuo Line or the Seibu
Tamako/Kokubunji Line.

Address ● 2-16 Minamicho, Kokubunji-shi
Contact ● 042-324-7991
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ● General ¥150, 65 or older ¥70 (No charge for primary school children or younger, and juniorhigh school students living or attending school in Tokyo)
Annual pass ¥600 (65 or older ¥280)

This is a modern villa garden that was built taking
advantage of the terrace cliff on the southern edgeof the Musashino plateau. An open space with abright lawn at the top of the cliff contrasts sharply
with the forested pond and bamboo woods at thebottom. The gardens were constructed from 1913
to 1915 as a villa for Eguchi Sadae who would become vice president of the South Manchuria Railway Company. Then, in 1929, Iwasaki Hikoyata,president of Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisya purchased
this villa from the Eguchi family. As a result of
the neighborhood protest movement to protect
this garden against the development plan of thesurrounding areas in the 1965s, this place waspurchased by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
in 1974, and after upgrading and preparing works,
it was opened as a Places of Scenic Beauty of thecountry as Tonogayato Gardens.

Flower Calendar

Feb. - Mar. ● Camellia, Japanese apricot
Mar. - Apr. ● Dogtooth violet, Ornamental peach tree,
Japanese andromeda
Apr. - May ● Wisteria
May - Jun. ● Azalea, Bellflower
Jun. - Jul. ● Hydrangea
Jul. - Aug. ● Watsonia, Anemonopsis macrophyllaAug. - Sep. ● Red spider lily, Japanese bush clover
Sep. - Oct. ● Toad lily, Cotton rosemallow
Nov. - Dec. ● Leopard plant, Sasanqua, Maple (redleaves)Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri (supporting ropes tied to trees toprotect from the snow)
Dec. - Jan. ● Winter sweet17

Features and Sights to See■ Jirobenten-ike
In this garden, there is a cliff edge where undergroundwater gushes out, and the pond which was made taking advantage of such spring water is “Jirobenten-ike”.
Around the pond, you will find densely planted trees likemaple.

■ Seasonal wild grasses and trees
The rich natural form of Musashino can be seen in
the garden. Through various colorful wild grasses andtrees, like Dogtooth violets and Noble Orchids that blossom in spring, you can feel and enjoy the great natureof Musashino throughout seasons.

View over Jirobenten-ike■ View from the Koyo-tei

To Kokubunji

A building built in the typical style
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house. As the name suggests, you can look down
splendid tinted Japanese maple. It is available for tea
ceremonies as well as haiku gatherings.

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Art Deco Style Museum Surrounded by Green Gardens

Tokyo Metropolitan
Teien Art Museum

National Important Cultural Property: Former Residence of Prince Asaka
Website https://www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp

Built in 1933, this art deco style buildingis the former residence of Prince Asaka.
The gardens and elegant gallery interior
have been favored by visitors since theTokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
was dedicated in 1983. The Annex
was completed in 2014, featuring thewhite cube gallery and adding fresh
creative space. Teien Art Museum
serves to protect cultural properties
and create new value through providing
opportunities to appreciate works offine art.

Address ● Shirokanedai 5-21-9, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0071
Contact ● 050-5541-8600（Automated Guidance）
Open Hours ● 10 : 00 – 18 : 00（last entry 30 minutes before closing）
Closed ● Mondays（open on national holidays & closed the day after national holidays）, Winter Break（Dec. 28 –Jan. 4）
Admission Fees ● Admission varies by exhibition. Please check homepage for details. Museum admission includes
garden entry fee.
Garden Only ● General 200 yen（160 yen）, University Students（including trade schools and other colleges）160
yen（120 yen）, Middle and High School Students & Age 65+ 100 yen（80 yen）
Prices in brackets（ ）are for groups of 20 persons or more. All elementary school students are
free. Middle schools students living inside Tokyo are free.
Parking Lot & Fees ● Fees : Regular Cars 1500 yen/use, Large Vehicles 4000 yen/use ※ No time limit.

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East Exit / Tokyu Meguro Line, Meguro Station,
Central Exit（7 minutes walk）
Toei Mita Line & Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line,
Shirokanedai Station, Exit 1（6 minutes walk）
Car ● Take the Meguro Exit from Shuto Expressway
Route 2. Turn lef t immediately at the Teien
Museum West intersection.
Please note that a right turn is not permitted
coming from Shirokanedai. Continue to theK amiosaki intersection and turn right, thenturn right again at the Teien Museum West
intersection to loop around to the entrance.

Flower Calendar
Late March ● Sakura（cherry- Early April
blossoms）
Late November ● Momiji（Japanese- Early December maple）（The museum is usually open until
20:00 on weekends during sakura
and momiji season, with extra
lighting in the gardens.）

Features and Sights to See
Main Building: Built in 1933,
the main building of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Teien Art Museum was the residence of Prince Asaka. It was designated a National Important
Cultural Property in 2015. The gardens have been maintained in the same layout since Teien was a palace,including grassy open lawns overlooked by a Japanese garden with rolling hills and a lake, a Western garden
with trees and flowers. Visitors can enjoy the transition of seasons. The Koka teahouse inside the Japanesegarden has also been designated as an Important Cultural Property. This charming building features highceilings and a bright, spacious interior.
Additional entrance ticket to the art
museum （main and new building） is
required. The ticket for garden does notcover those museum admissions.

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Spend time in nature in inner-city Tokyo at the Imperial Family’s gardens.

The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace
National-designated Special Historic Site “Remains of Edo Castle”
Website https://www.kunaicho.go.jp

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Chiyoda, Hanzomon Line or the Toei Mita Line. 15
minutes walk from Tokyo Station on the JR Lines.
[Hirakawamon Gate/Kitahanebashimon Gate] 5 minutes walk from Takebashi Station on the Tokyo Metro
Tozai Line.
The Orchard with Old-fashioned Varieties

Flower Calendar

Address ● 1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku
Contact ● 03-3213-1111
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (varies according to the season)
Closed ● Mondays and Fridays, Dec.28 - Jan.3
Entrance fee ● Free of charge

Jan. - Feb. ● Japanese apricot, Camellia, Winter sweet,
Ryukyu Kanhi-zakura cherry, Kan-zakura cherry, Witch hazel,
Lonicera gracilipes, Flowering quince, Amur AdonisMar. - Apr. ● Japanese cornel, Kobushi magnolia,
Someiyoshino cherry, Sato-zakura cherry, Oriental
paperbush, Fritillary, Calanthe, Cephalanthera falcata,
Cephalanthera erecta, Disporum smilacinum, Iris japonica
May - Jun. ● Kousa dogwood, Wisteria, Torch azalea, Rugosa
rose, Lady Banks' rose, Satsuki azalea, Hydrangea, Iris setosavar. nasuensis, Pygmy water-lily, Chloranthus serratus, Japanese iris, Campanula bellflower
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle, Rose of Sharon, Goldbanded lily, Japanese stewartia, Sunflower (Haruka's
sunflower), Hosta sieboldii, Daylily, Floating heart
Sep. - Oct. ● Orange osmanthus, Autumn cherry, Lespedeza,
Red spider lily, Toad lily, Aster ovatus var. microcephalus,
Chrysanthemum seticuspe, Japanese anemone
Nov. - Dec. ● Sasanqua, Camellia hiemalis, Sanbokan(fruit), Kabosu (fruit), Kunenbo (fruit), Cherry orange (fruit),
Viburnum (berries), Japanese beautyberry (berries),
Heavenly bamboo (berries), Ardisia crenata (berries),
Sarcandra glabra (berries), Leopard plant

The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace are the gardens for the Imperial Family located in the Imperial
Palace and are open to the public.
Easily recognisable plant labels are attached to thetrees and plants for the visitors. The gardens contain,such as, orchards, where old varieties of fruit trees
cultivated for food in pre-modern Japan have beenplanted, and a grove with deciduous broadleaf trees
attracting insects and wild birds through which asmall stream runs. The Gardens’ many features
are the reflection of Their Majesties the Emperor
Emeritus and Empress Emerita’s wish that the visitors
can appreciate and enjoy the site which showsdifferent faces as the seasons change.

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Features and Sights to See■ Gardens that reflect the caring heart of
Their Majesties the Emperor Emeritus
and Empress Emerita
Seen in Ninomaru Pond are the carp with long beautiful
fins, Hire-naga-nishiki-goi, varicolored Carp with Long Fin,produced at His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus’ suggestion by crossbreeding between the Japanese varicolored
carp and the Indonesian long fin carp. They have beenreleased in the Pond by Their Majesties themselves. You
can also see the remains of the Edo Castle including
the old Tenshudai (Tenshukaku Donjon Base), turrets,
gates, and guard houses while enjoying the abundantnature of the gardens.

A small stream running through the Renewed Grove

Varicolored Carp with Long Fin (Ninomaru Pond)

Scale Model of the Edo Castle Keep

Kitahanebashimon Gate

Fujimitamon Defence House

Tenshudai(Tenshukaku Donjon Base)

Site of Honmaru Tokagakudo
Concert HallThe Orchard with
Old-fashioned Varieties Scale Model of the
Edo Castle Keep
Observatory
ObanshoFujimi-yagura
Guard House(Mt.Fuji-view Keep)
Ninomaru Grove
Ninomaru Garden
Hyakunin-bansho
Guard House
Sannomaru Shozokanof the Imperial Palace(The Museum of theImperial Collections)

Renewed Grove
Ninomaru Pond

Hirakawamon Gate(has Varicolored Carp with Long Fin)Otemon Gate

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Vast gardens that are well-known for being an inner-city oasis

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
National Important Cultural Property (building) “Old Imperial Western-Style Rest House in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden”,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government-selected Historical Buildings “Taiwan Pavilion (Kyu-Goryo-Tei) in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden”

Website https://www.env.go.jp/garden/shinjukugyoen/english/index.html
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Address ●11 Naito-machi, Shinjuku-ku
Contact ● 03-3350-0151
Open hours ● 9:00 - 16:00 (Gates close: 16:30pm) *depends on the season.
Closed ● Mondays (the following weekday if Monday is a holiday),Dec.29 - Jan.3
Entrance fee ● Adults ¥500, Seniors (65 and over) and Students¥250 *Valid ID required.
Children (junior high school students/15 andunder) Free
Annual Pass ● Adult(including seniors and college students ) ¥2,000High school students (with valid ID) ¥1,000

The origins of Shinjuku Gyoen go back as far as 1591, theyear that the long-time vassal of the House of Tokugawa,
Naito Kiyonari was bestowed with a gift of land in the
Shinuku Gyoen area. During the Meiji period, the Naito
Shinjuku Experimental Station was established to promote
modern agriculture in Japan. The garden then became
Imperial Botanical Garden belonging to the Ministry of Imperial Household. The garden officially became the imperial
garden in 1906. After World War II the garden was opened
to the public and continues to exist as National Garden to
the present day. With an area of 58.3 ha and a circumference of 3.5 km, the garden brings together three distinct
styles; Formal, Landscape, and Japanese Traditional, andis a masterpiece amongst the few landscape gardens inJapan. The garden has approximately 10,000 trees and you
can enjoy the seasons and nature through its plants such as
cherry blossoms in spring and maple leaves in autumn.

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Train ● [Shinjuku Gate] 5 minute walk from Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station on Tokyo Metro MarunouchiLine. 5 minute walk from Shinjuku-sanchome Stationon the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line or the Toei Shinjuku Line. 10 minute walk from the south exit of Shinjuku
Station on JR, Keio, or Odakyu Lines.
[Okido Gate] 5 minute walk from Shinjuku-gyoemmae
Station on Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
[Sendagaya Gate] 5 minute walk from Sendagaya
Station on JR Chuo or Sobu Line. 5 minute walk from
Kokuritsu-kyogijo Station on Toei Oedo Line.
Car ● From the Gaien exit of the Metropolitan Expressway No. 4, follow Gaienhigashi-dori towards
Waseda, turn left towards Shinjuku at the YotsuyaSanchome intersection. You will see the garden
ahead of you after turning left at the Shinjuku-1chometraffic signal (approx 10 mins, 1.6km from the Metropolitan Expressway exit).
Parking ● 200 regular parking spaces (¥600/first
2 hours, after the first 2 hours ¥200/30 minutes)

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Camellia, Japanese apricot, Amur
adonis, Paper white narcissus
Mar. - Apr. ● Someiyoshino, Yae-zakura cherry,
Azalea, Ornamental peach tree, White magnolia,
Flowering quince
May - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea, Hydrangea, Tulip
tree, Magnolia obovata, Rose
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle, Oleander, Rose of
Sharon, African lily
Sep. - Oct. ● Japanese silver grass, Orange
osmanthus, Autumn rose, Red spider lily, Autumn
cherryNov. - Dec. ● Chrysanthemum, Sasanqua,
Leopard plant, Camellia hiemalis

Features and Sights to See■ The Gardens
You can enjoy a variety of gardens; Landscape Garden
has a vast lawn dotted by gigantic trees such as tulip
trees, Formal Garden has rose beds at its center androws of London Planes on both sides, and JapaneseTraditional Garden is a stroll garden.

■ Historic buildings

Rose beds in the Formal Garden

The Old Imperial Rest House was established in 1896
and used as the Emperor and Imperial family’s
rest house. The Taiwan Pavilion was built in 1927 tocelebrate the marriage of Emperor Showa and is an authentic Chinese-style building.

■ The greenhouse
The history of the greenhouse at Shinjuku Gyoen dates
back to 1875 and is a pioneer of greenhouse horticulture in Japan.In 2012, the greenhouse was rebuilt intoa fully glass-walled domed greenhouse. Approximately
2,700 varieties of plants including tropical and endangered plant species are planted in the greenhouse andthe backyard.

“Ozukuri Bed” on display in the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Chrysanthemum Exhibition

Autumn foliage in the avenue of London Planes

24One of the best spots to enjoy cherry blossoms in spring and maple leaves in fall

Tokyo National Museum

Designated Important Cultural Property Buildings: Honkan (Japanese Gallery) and Hyokeikan
Website https://www.tnm.jp/
Tokyo Metro
Nezu Station

Kototoi-dori

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Ueno Park

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国立科学博物館

Ueno Zoo

Tokyo University of
the Arts■■ Kuroda Memorial■Hall

The Ueno
National Museum ofRoyal Museum
Nature and ScienceTokyo
The National Museum of
Keisei Ueno Station Bunka Kaikan Western Art
Tokyo Metro
Ueno Station

Park Exit
ＪＲ上野駅
JR Ueno Station公園口

Train ● 10-minute walk from the Park Exit of JR
Ueno Station or the South Exit of JR Uguisudani Station. 15-minute walk from Ueno / Nezu Station on
the Tokyo Metro Line or Keisei Ueno Station on the
Keisei Line.
Honkan (Japanese Gallery)

Address ● 13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku Contact ● 050-5541-8600 (connects to an operator)
Opening hours ● 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. open until 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays (Last entry 30 minutes before closing)*Garden hours: 9:30 a.m. –5:00 p.m. *Opening time is subject to change.Please check the opening hoursof special exhibitions separately. *The garden may close occasionally due to bad weather.
Closed ● Mondays (in case of National Holiday the next weekday); year-end and New Year holidays, with other temporary
closures.
Entrance fee ● General : ¥1,000 University students : ¥500 *Persons with disabilities are admitted free of charge along
one caregiver. *High school students and children under 18 are admitted free of charge. *Entry to special
exhibitions requires a package ticket that is priced separately.

On the northern side of the Honkan (Japanese Gallery) of the Tokyo National Museum is a garden withseasonal ﬂowers and autumn leaves. With a pondat its center and surrounded by ﬁve tea rooms, themuseum garden preserves the legacy of the Natural History Division of the Research Departmentthat used to be part of the museum and includes
many rare shrubs and wild plants. It is also home
to a five-story pagoda donated to Horyuji Temple
by the fifth shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and amonument in honor of the Museum’s first director,
Machida Hisanari. The garden is open to the publicduring autumn and spring. We invite you to stroll
through the garden and enjoy it throughout theyear.

Features and Sights to See■ Ten varieties of cherry blossoms
In spring such as Oshima cherry, Edo-higan
weeping cherry, Yama-zakura cherry, Yaebeni-higan-zakura cherry, Kanzan cherry, and Kenrokuen-kikuzakura cherry. They make spring themost beautiful season in the garden.

■ Garden origins
The museum grounds used to be part of Kan’eiji Temple.
The current main building was where the main temple
used to stand, and it is thought that these gardens also
used to be the temple gardens. However, there are only
a few parts of the garden that remain in their originalform—the artificial hill to the north of the Toyokan, a25

small part of the pond, and the gravestones of the Arima
family, the feudal lord of Echizen domain.

■ Historical tea houses
Each of the five tea houses in the garden has a uniqueorigin. For example, the Tengoan was a tea house thatwas built in Rokujizo in Fushimi, Kyoto, by tea master
Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) in order to display the tea
caddy “Odaimyo” gifted to him by the Prince Hachijo
Toshihito, and the Okyokan was built as a study for
Myogen’in Temple of Owari. It is said that the pictureson its sliding doors were drawn by Maruyama Okyo, whostayed at the temple while his eyes were being treated.
The original sliding doors are currently stored in a repository for conservation reasons, and their reproductions are displayed in the Okyokan.

Garden on the northern side of the Honkan (Japanese Gallery)

Okyokan

Kujokan

Okyokan
Rokusoan

Large Lantern

TengoanShunsoro

Gravestones of
the Clan of Arima

Memorial of
Machida Hisanori
Stele of the Second National
Industrial Exhibition

Heiseikan
Iron LanternFive-storied Pagoda●
HonkanSite of Mori Ogai's Office Monument of
MachidaHisanari,●Founding Executive Directorof the Museum

Research andInformation Center
Hyokeikan

KurodaMemorial Hall

Toyokan(Asian Gallery)

Azekura Repositry ●The Gallery of
Horyuji Treasures
Main Gate

Kuromon( Black Gate )Main Gate Plaza
正門

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Statue of
Edward Jenner

A Japanese garden set in the Musashino forest with a bonsai garden

Showa Kinen Park
Japanese Garden
Website https://www.showakinen-koen.jp/

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TachikawaTrain ● [Nishi-Tachikawa Gate] 2 minutes walkfrom Nishi-Tachikawa Station on the JR Ome Line.
[Tachikawa Gate] 18 minutes walk from Tachikawa
Station on the JR Chuo Line.
*Note: The above times are how long it takes to getfrom the closest station to one of the Showa Kinen
Park main gates, not the Japanese garden itself.
Car ● From the Kunitachi-Fuchu Interchange on
the Chuo Expressway, go via the Tokyo Metropolitan
Road 256 and 16 then turn onto 153 towards Showa
Kinen Park for 8km(approx. 30 min.).
Parking ● 2,531 spaces (large vehicles ¥1,800,
regular vehicles ¥900, motorcycles ¥250)
Address ● 3173 Midori-cho, Tachikawa-shi Contact ● 042-528-1751 (automated answering system)
Open hours ● 9:30am - 5pm (Mar. - Oct.), 9:30am-4:30pm(Nov. - Feb.)
Closed ● The year-end/new year holidays (Dec.31 - Jan.1), the fourth Monday and Tuesday of January
Entrance fee ● Adults ¥450, Children (junior high school students/15 and under) Free, senior citizens (65 or older) ¥210
*The Showa Kinen Entrance fee, Entrance to the Japanese garden is included in this fee.

Experience the beauty of the seasons amongst
lush greenery and bright Musashino Forest at thelargest post-war strolling gardens in Tokyo Metropolitan. The garden features a pond at the center,
the Kanfu-tei tea house on the western shore, andthe Seichi-ken to the south and its buildings weremade to match the atmosphere of the garden.
The Kanfu-tei tea house is a single-story woodenbuilding with a copper roof and multiple tea ceremony rooms where you can enjoy Japanese tea
and Jpanese sweets. There is a bonsai garden
inside the Japanese garden where you can view
fifty varieties of Japanese bonsai while listening to
information about the plants from our expert staff.

Flower Calendar

Mid-Apr. - early May ● Iris japonica, Azalea, Peony, Iris
tectorum
Jun. ● Water lily, Japanese iris, Hydrangea
Jul. - Sep. ● Chinese bellflower
Oct. ● Toad lily
Late Oct. - Nov. ● Maple (red leaves)Nov. - Dec. ● Sasanqua

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E Sunagawa Gate

Sunagawa
Gate Shop
Sunagawa Gate
Bicycle Rental

Sunagawa
Gate Car
Park

Park Walking
Paths Used for
Cycling Course Park MaintenanceRoute

D Tamagawajosui Gate

Komorebi Village
Komorebi Hill
Village
Farmhouse

Bonsai Garden
Komorebi House

Kanfu-tei tea house where you can enjoy Japanese tea

Japanese Garden

Forest House
Children's Forest Shop

Features and Sights to See

No.3
Roundabout

Disc-Golf Court(1 to 9 hole course)

Dragonfly Marsh■ Seasonal plants and bushes

Zanborigawa River
Disc-Golf Court(10 to 18 hole course)

No.4
Roundabout

Serpentine Area
Restaurant

Giant Keyaki

Exercise Area
Futsal Court

You can enjoy the beauty of seasonal flowers, grasses,
and trees, the striking scenery of the pond and its
surrounding trees, the architecture of the traditional
Sukiya-style tea house, and the view of the waterfall
and its stream.

Open Field Central Shop
OKA-CAFE

Open Field

Open Field
South Flower
GardenSerpentine Area
Open Field South Shop
Children’s
Playground

Barbecue Area

■ Bonsai garden

C Akishima Gate

No.2
Roundabout

Flower Tree Garden Shop

The Bonsai Garden, we primarily exhibit Japanese bonsai tree, allowing visitors to deepen their knowledge ofbonsai and observe bonsai artisans caring for them.

Flower Tree Garden Exhibition House
Herb Garden
Satsuki Bridge

Water Playland(dormant)

Bird
Sanctuary

Rainbow Pool

Lakeside Restaurant(dormant)

Boat House

Flower Tree Garden
Waterfowl Lake

A3 Memorial Museum Gate

B Nishi-Tachikawa Gate Nishi-Tachikawa Gate

JR NisBicycle Rental

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Nishi-Tachikawa Gate Shop

Nishi-Tachikawa
Gate Car Park

StationNo.1
Roundabout

Fureai Field

Tachikawa Gate
Car Park

Tachikawa Gate Shop

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Hanamidori Cultural Center

Ginnan Tea House

Main Information
Tachikawa Gate
Bicycle Rental

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Field of Dreams
The Emperor Showa Memorial Museum

Fureai Field Restaurant

Dog Run Area
A2 Tachikawa Gate

A1 Akebono Gate

To JR Tachikawa Station

Children's Forest

The garden that proclaims the legacy of the Hosokawa clan,
lords of the Higo-Kumamoto domain

Higo-Hosokawa Garden
Website https://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/bosai/midori/kuritukouen/kouen/higohosokawa.html
Gokokuji Station,
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho LineridoMejirodai Itchome

Higo-Hosokawa Garden
Toyohashi Bridge

Komatsukabashi
BridgeWaseda Station,
Toden Arakawa Line

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At the end of the Edo period, this place was used as a
suburban residence of Hosokawa Etchu, the feudal lordof Higo Kumamoto 540,000 koku. Taking advantage ofthe height difference of the natural plateau, the circuit
style garden around the pound has sloping forests andnarrow streams with spring water so that you can see
the varied landscape. In spring, the cherry blossoms
adorn the plateau. Soon after the blossoms, you can
see the fresh green trees in the garden. In June, Higo
Irises planted along the pond shoreline adorn the garden
again with blossoms as bright as the sun yet gracefully
noteworthy. Higo Irises are one of Higo Rokka whichhave been improved through breeding since the Edo
period by the Hosokawa clan.
In autumn the Japanese maple “Yamamomiji” and othertrees leaves turn red around the pond, and the landscapereflects like a mirror on the surface of the water, fromthe end of November you can also see the snow hanging
pines. Also, the building “Shouseikaku” which maintains
the facade of the Taisho period, can be used as a meeting place, being able to choose between western stylerooms and Japanese style rooms. You can see the garden from the tea room “Tsubaki-Camelia” or the circuitstyle observation floor “Sazanka” on the second floor.

Train ● 15 minutes walk from exit Edogawabashi
Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line. 5 minutes walk from Waseda Station on the Toden Arakawa Line.
Toei Bus ● 5 minutes walk from the Waseda bus
stop. 7 minutes walk from the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
Mae bus stop.
Bunkyo-ku Community Bus ● 5 minutes walkfrom the Mejirodai-Itchome bus stop on the B-Guru
route.

Address ● 1-1-22 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku
Contact ● 03-3941-2010
Open hours ● Feb. - Oct. 9am - 5pm (entry until
4:30pm)Nov. - Jan. 9am - 4:30pm (entry until
4pm)
Closed ● Dec.28 - Jan.4
Entrance fee ● Free of charge

Flower Calendar

Spring ● Japanese apricot, Cherry blossoms, Higo
Camellia, Higo Peony
Summer ● Higo iris, Linden, Magnolia obovata
Autumn ● Higo Sasanqua, Japanese Maple, Japanese
wax tree, Celtis sinensis
Winter ● Pine trees with Yukitsuri (supporting ropes
tied to trees to protect from the snow)

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Tokyo Metro Yurakucho lineFeatures and Sights to See■ The garden that proclaims thelegacy of the Hosokawa clan, theHigo-Kumamoto domain lords
The gardens make the most of the varied landforms
and use the wide area as mountains to create a multidimensional landscape. The garden is designed as a
circular garden and one of the paths is like a worn linein the grass. It is a watering-style garden and the pond
is filled with natural spring water.
The garden was designed to be reminiscent of a painting by Sugitani Sessho, the official painter of the lastfeudal lord of Kumamoto.

The Shouseikaku after renovations

Camellia, the Higo Chinese peony, the Higo iris, and theHigo Sasanqua Camellia.

■ The six unique and secret Higoflowers■ Sense the charm of the Taisho
period through the Shouseikaku

Four of the six flowers that the Higo clan strove to continuously cultivate better and better ever since the Edo
period can be seen in this garden and include; the Higo

The building inside the park is called the Shouseikaku
and is a place where you can experience the atmosphere of the Taisho period. The building can also be
used as a meeting place. (Reservations required)

Painting by Sugitani Sessho
The Shouseikaku garden painted by Sugitani Sessho between 1894 and 1895.
(Collection of the Eisei-Bunko Museum)：View Point

Reiho Stone

Waterfall

Waterfall

Closed on Monday(side entrance also closed)
Side Entrance

Eisei-Bunko Museum

The second garden isbeing designed.

The Hosokawa
Family’s
月曜休館（閉門）
collection is displayed.

Waterfall
Yarimizu
Higo iris

Shouseikaku
松声閣

Funatsuki Stone

Flowers of Higo

13-storied Pagoda
To Mejiro-doriRaihai Stone
Nakajima(an island in a pond)
Sandy Beach

Inner Gate
Front Gate

Munatsukizaka
slope
To Edogawa

Large Pond

Three-legged
Stone lantern

Turtle Stone

Dobashi Bridge

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To Shin-Mejiro-doriAn Appreciation of ASAKURA’s Philosophy

ASAKURA Museum of Sculpture, Taito(Former ASAKURA Fumio Garden)

National-designated Place of Scenic Beauty “Former ASAKURA Fumio Garden”
Website https://www.taitogeibun.net/asakura/

EnmeiinKyooji
TempleYanakaginza

NipporiToneri Liner
North Gate,
West Exit Nippori Station
Gotenzaka slope

Stone dealer’s
store

Kanchiin

To Tabata

Information
signboard

Keisei Line

Convenience store
To UenoASAKURA Museumof Sculpture(Former Asakura
Fumio Garden )Yanaka Reien Iriguchi,
Tozai Megurin

Train ● 5 minutes walk from the North Gate, West
Exit of Nippori Station on the JR Yamanote/KeihinTohoku/Joban (rapid) Line, the Keisei Line, or the
Nippori-Toneri Liner.
Bus ● 8 minutes walk from the Yanaka Reien Iriguchi bus stop on the Tozai Megurin (Taito City Circular
Route Bus).
Address ● 7-18-10 Yanaka, Taito-ku
Contact ● 03-3821-4549
Open hours ● 9:30am - 4:30pm (entry until 4pm)
Closed ● Monday, Thursday (the following weekday if it falls on a public/substitute holidays), the year-end/new year holidays*The museum may be closed occasionally in order to change exhibits, etc.
Entrance fee ● General ¥500, elementary, junior high and high school students ¥250
*Those with a physical disability certificate or a Rehabilitation Certificate, Mental Disability Welfare Certificate, medical care certificate are free of charge.

The ASAKURA Museum of Sculpture was the homeand studio of ASAKURA Fumio (1883-1964), one
of Japan's great modern sculptors. ASAKUR A
designed and oversaw the building of the house
himself and it was completed in 1935. ASAKURA
passed away in 1964, but a family member later
opened his home to the public as the ASAKURA Museum of Sculpture in 1967 (it became the propertyof Taito Ward as of 1986), something ASAKURA
himself had requested. The building was designatedas a national tangible cultural property in 2001 andlater in 2008 the entire grounds were designateda National Place of Scenic Beauty after it was acknowledged that the aesthetics of the gardens andarchitecture came together as one.

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Camellia, Plum, Narcissus, Schlumbergera
Mar. - Apr. ● Flowering quince, Clivia, Thunberg's
meadowsweet, Chinese fringe flower, Deutzia crenata,
Asian pear, Ajuga reptans
May - Jun. ● Yuzu, Rhaphiolepis umbellata, Satsuki
azalea, Pomegranate, Creeping saxifrage, Hemerocallis
fulva, Hydrangea, Campanula bellflower, African lily
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle, Autumn zephyrlily,Rose of
SharonSep. - Oct. ● Sasanqua (single), Chanohana, Oriental
orchid, Toad lily
Nov. - Dec. ● Sasanqua (double), Maple (red leaves)
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Features and Sights to See■ Pond of Five Constant Virtues
This courtyard is surrounded by buildings on all foursides and its area is mostly taken up by the pond. The
formation gardens look different from every angle andit is obvious from their shape and form that they wereuniquely thought up by ASAKURA Fumio who worked
with sculptures every day.

■ Rooftop garden
The rooftop garden is considered very valuable for its
greening amongst classic concrete architecture fromthe early Showa period. It was in this garden that asculpturing class that ASAKURA himself taught washeld. You can sense from the surroundings how Asakura lead the classes in a way so that his students would
gain an appreciation of nature and refine their senses
through the lessons.

Pond of Five Constant Virtues■ Architecture
The greatest feature of the ASAKURA Museum of
Sculpture is in the harmony and interaction of the building and the garden. The two elements exist alongsideeach other while still retaining their unique aesthetic
appeal. You can see contrast and twists here and there
throughout the building that reflect ASAKURA's artistic
taste.

Third Floor

10) North Terrace

Rooftop garden

Second Floor

9)
Natural mind room

Courtyard
11)
Sunrise room12) to Rooftop garden

Second Floor
13) to Orchid room

13)
Orchid room

To entrance

物置

空調室外機

ポンプ

First Floor
屋7) Bedroom6) Tearoom5) Livingroom

Old studio

8)
Piano room
Courtyard

4) Tennōji side entrance
1) Studio2) Library

事務室 棟

OutsideUsual route323) Reception
roomThe beloved gardens of Yasuda Zenjiro

Kyu-Yasuda Gardens
Tokyo Metropolitan Government-designated Place of Scenic Beauty“Former Garden of the Yasuda Family”

Ryogokubashi
BridgeKuramaebashi
BridgeSumida River

Metropolitan Expressway No. 6● Ryogoku Depot

Kyu-Yasuda The Fraternity Memorial Hospital
Gardens Kyu Yasuda-Teien Mae
East gate

NTT Docomo
Sumida Building
Edo-Tokyo Museum

Oedo Line

Exit A1, Toei Oedo LineInternational Fashion Center
Dai-Ichi Hotel Ryogoku
Hokusai-dori

Midorimachi
The Sumida Hokusai Museum
Park

Tokyo Metropolitan
Yokoamicho ParkTokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall

Kuramaebashi-doriKeiyo Road

Ryogoku Station

West gate

Ryogoku
Kokugikan

Kiyosumi-doriToei Ryogoku-Ekimae Bus Stop

Train ● 5 minutes walk from Ryogoku Station on the
JR Sobu Line or the Toei Oedo Line.
Toei Bus ● Get off at "Kyu-Yasuda-Teien Mae".
Sumida Loop bus ● Get off at The Japanese
Sword Museum (Former Yasuda Garden) · Doai Memorial Hospital.
Tokyo Mizube Cruising Line ● 5 minutes walkfrom the Ryogoku Depot.

Address ● 1-12-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku
Contact ● 03-5608-6661
Open hours ● 9am - 7:30pm(Oct. - Mar. 9am - 6pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.1
Entrance fee ● Free of charge

Yasuda Zenjiro, the founder of the Yasuda Industrial Group, built these gardens in 1894 and thegardens were later designated to Tokyo Metropolitan Place of Scenic Beauty in March 1996. Thisgarden is in the form of a circular strolling garden,
with a tidal pond formerly fed by the Sumida River
at its center. The pond is now fed by artificial
means in order to restore its original appearance.
Situated at only a five minutes walk away from the
JR and Toei Ryogoku Station, the gardens are easily accessible as well as being near the Kokugikan,
the Edo Tokyo Museum and other cultural facilities. Please visit the gardens while sightseeing in
Ryogoku.

Shinji-tei

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Different varieties of camellia (Japanesecamellia)
Mar. - Apr. ● Japanese apricot, Kobushi magnolia,
Flowering quince, Forsythia, White perulatus
May - Jun. ● Japanese stewartia, Rhaphiolepis umbellata (short), Different varieties of azalea (Rhododendron
pulchrum, Satsuki azalea), Glossy abelia (until Nov.)
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle, Japanese pagoda tree, Roseof Sharon (until Oct.), Gardenia
Sep. - Oct. ● Orange osmanthus, Maple, Ginkgo
Nov. - Dec. ● Sasanqua, Camellia hiemalis
Nov. - Feb. ● Yukitsuri (supporting ropes tied to trees toprotect from the snow)

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Features and Sights to See■ History of the garden
The gardens are tidal gardens that used to be near the
Sumida River and they still look the same as they did in
the Meiji period, making them a classic example of Meiji
period (A.D. 1868-1912) gardens.

■ Easily accessible gardens
The gardens are only a five minute walk from the JR andToei Ryogoku Station. The Sumida Loop bus stops arelocated directly outside the gardens. The Ryogoku Depot for the Tokyo Mizube Cruising Line that runs along
the Sumida River is also located nearby, making thegardens very easy to access.

View of the gardens■ Surroundings of the gardens
The three-tiered pagoda of the Tokyo Metropolitan
Memorial Hall and the Tokyo Skytree® can be viewed
from the gardens. The Kokugikan and the Edo-Tokyo
Museum are also situated nearby. In addition to similar
facilities providing tourism and cultural opportunities,
only a ten minute walk away from the gardens, is theSumida Hokusai Museum, displaying works by Hokusai,that opened in November 2016.
Stones along the side of the pond

West gate

North Gate

ShioiriTea House

Shinji Pond

KomadomeInari
ShrineThe Japanese
Sword Museum

Shinji-tei(Rest House)●

Komadome Well

Barrier-free

W.C
East gate

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A strolling garden built on the Former Okayama Daimyo Estate

Ikedayama Park

To Ebisu

litan Expr
MetropoAddress ● 5-4-35 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku
Contact ● 03-3447-4676
Open hours ● 7:30am - 5pm (Jul. - Aug. 7:30am - 6pm)
Closed ● Dec.29 - Jan.3
Entrance fee ● Free of charge

MeguroesswayNo. 2

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This small park previously served as part of a feudal lord
residence and leverages the hilly terrain at the edge of theMusashino Plateau. There is a trellis that overlooks thepond from the highlands and the lowland area contains a
gourd-shaped pond with a circuit-style garden around it.
There are wildflowers scattered throughout the garden,
Azaleas and Satsuki azaleas grow on its slopes, and Maple
trees make this a relaxing environment in any season.

Yam

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Hino Third
Elementary School●

Ikedayama Park●NTT Medical
Center Tokyo

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Toei Asakusa Line
GotandaTokyu Ikegami Line

Train ● 15 minutes walk from Gotanda Station on
the JR Yamanote Line, the Tokyu Ikegami Line, or the
Toei Asakusa Line.
15 minutes walk from Meguro Station on the JR Yamanote Line, the Tokyu Meguro Line, the Toei Mita
Line, or the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line.

Features and Sights to See

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Japanese apricot, Narcissus
Mar. - Apr. ● Dogtooth violet, Someiyoshino, Calanthe,
AzaleaMay - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea, Hydrangea, Japanese iris,
Pomegranate
Jul. - Aug. ● Tall swertia, Japanese lily, Crape myrtle
Sep. - Oct. ● Japanese bush clover, Lycoris africana,
Leopard plantNov. - Dec. ● Maple (red leaves), Sasanqua, Pine
(Yukitsuri - supporting ropes tied to trees to protect fromthe snow)■ Rock formations in the stream
The stream that flows into the gourd-shaped pond was
skillfully built with stones and has the atmosphere of awaterfall set deep in the mountains.

■ Large trimmed Azalea shrubs
Azaleas and Satsuki azaleas are planted on the slopes
east of the pond and color the area in bright scarlets,
deep yellows and rich purples in April and May.

Waterfall

AzaleaEntrance/Exit
Park Maintenance
OfficeEntrance/Exit

Tsurube Well

Children’s corner
Azalea slope
Arbor

Hyotan Pond

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Time moves slowly in this garden filled with lush greenery and tranquil waters

Mejiro Garden

Website https://www.city.toshima.lg.jp/339/machizukuri/sumai/koen/000869.html

Ikebukuro
Police Station Hotel
Metropolitan
West exit
Ikebukuro Fire
StationJiyu Gakuen
Agariyashiki
Park

Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Soen
Kindergarten
Bakery Mitsui Sumitomo
BankMe
Sta jirotion

MejiroGardenIkebukuro
StationMyonichikan

JR Yamanote Line

Gakushuin
University

Mejiro-doriTrain ● 5 minutes walk from Mejiro Station on the
JR Yamanote Line. 15 minutes walk from Ikebukuro
Station on the JR Yamanote, Saikyo, or ShonanShinjuku Line.

Address ● 3-20-18 Mejiro, Toshima-ku
Contact ● 03-5996-4810
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (Jul. - Aug. 9am - 7pm)
Closed ● The second and fourth Monday of themonth (the following weekday if it falls ona public/substitute holidays)
Dec.29 - Jan.3
Entrance fee ● Free of charge
Temporary Closing Period Owing to Inspection: Feb. 13(Tue.)-Mar. 31 (Sun.) *Temporary closing period might
be extended depending on the results of the inspection.

We also recommend that you participate in various
events that allow you to experience the seasons.

This strolling garden built by Toshima Ward in1990 is a classic Japanese formative garden andthe work of the renowned Japanese landscapedesigner Ito Kunie. The garden embodies the traditional Japanese sense of natural beauty and aesthetic. The pond is surrounded by artificial hills,
waterfalls that flow from their peaks, and valleys.
The rise and fall of the land showcase a wealth ofdifferent environments and allow full enjoyment of
the flowers and trees of each of the four seasons.
Tea ceremonies and a variety of performances areheld in the Sekichoan, made to be reminiscent of
the children’s magazine, "Akai-Tori" (lit. Red Bird).

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Camellia, Japanese apricot
Mar. - Apr. ● Weeping cherry, Azalea, Hall's crabapple
May - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea
Jul. - Aug. ● Crape myrtle
Sep. - Oct. ● Japanese bush clover, Red spider lily,
Japanese anemone
Nov. - Dec. ● Sasanqua, Kanboke

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Features and Sights to See■ A bright modern-day gardenThis Japanese garden is located amidst a bright, modern atmosphere.
If you take a walk around the pond as the wind blows
through the garden, causing the reflection of the trees in
the pond to drift from side to side, you'll notice how thescenery ahead of you is constantly changing and keeping
you enthralled. You can rest at the Rokkaku-Ukimido thatfloats on the pond and enjoy the sound of the waterfall.

Enjoy autumn leaves during autumn■ Rock arrangements
Rocks from Makioka in Yamanashi Prefecture havebeen used to express the rugged hills, waterfall, valley,
stream, and pond in the garden. The rock arrangements
comprised of many rocks taken from a single mountaincreate scenery that allows you to experience the great
outdoors in a way that simply gathering garden rockmaterials couldn't.

■ Sekicho-an
The view of the garden from the Sukiya-style tea houses
makes you feel like you're in the gardens even when
you're inside a building. The stylized characters for"Mejiro" written across the doorway and the lighting
inside the tea house communicate a strong sense ofdesign. The Sekicho-an can be used for a variety ofother purposes other than as tea ceremony.

The harmony of the water and the rock arrangements are beautiful

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A Shoin garden with a garden style from the early Showa period

Yamamoto-tei

Katsushika City registered cultural property“Yamamoto-tei Garden”
Tokyo-Metropolitan-Selected Historical Structures“Katsushika Ward Yamamoto-tei”

Website https://www.katsushika-kanko.com/yamamoto/Shibamata Park

Yagiri no Watashi(Yagiri Ferry Crossing)RiverbedP

Yamamoto-tei

Entrance

Entrance

Katsushika Shibamata Tora-san Museum
・Yamada Yoji Museum
・TORAsan cafe

Shibamata
Taishakuten

The Approachto Taishakuten

Manpuku-ji Temple

Shinsho-in
TempleKanamachi

The building is the former residence ofTokyo businessman Einosuke Yamamoto,founder of camera parts manufacturer,
Yamamoto Plant . Yamamoto moved
to the area after the Great Kanto
Earthquake of 1923, and renovated thebuilding from 1926-1930. The building
was used for four generations before
being acquired by Katsushika Ward in
1988, and opened to the public in 1991.
The blend of shoin-zukuri and Westernst yle architecture, and the elegant
surrounding garden maintain a perfectharmony, and its cultural values arehighly regarded in Japan and overseas.

Shibamata-kaido Avenue
Shibamata Station

Takasago

Ｎ

Elementary

Hosho-in School
TempleElementary
School

Hokuso Line
Shin-Shibamata Station

Address●7-19-32 Shibamata, Katsushika-ku
Phone Number●03-3657-8577
Hours●９:00〜17:00
Closed●Every third Tuesday(if holiday, the following weekday)
third Tuesday - Thursday in December
Admission Fees●¥100*Free entry for junior high school students andyounger; disabled persons

Yagiri

Edo RiverTakasago

TRAINS ● An 8-minute walk from Shibamata Station
on Keisei Kanamachi Line.A 12-minute walk from ShinShibamata Station on Hokuso Railway.
BUSES●A 7-minute walk from Shibamata Taishakuten
B u s S to p o n Keisei B u s whic h ru ns th e Koiwa Kanamachi route.
CARS●There is Shibamata Park Parking Square nearby(Approximately 20mins from Metropolitan Expressway
Yotsugi Exit)
PARKING LOT CAPACITY (FEES) ● Shibamata
Park Parking Square:Standard Size Capacity: 192 Cars,¥500/time
Large Size Capacity: 7 Cars, ¥2,000/time* However, the parking fee is free for vehicles whose
driver or passengers have an identification booklet for
persons with physical or mental disability, rehabilitation
booklet, or health and welfare booklet for those withmental disability.

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Main Attractions & Features■ The Main Garden

It is a traditional Shoin garden (a typeof garden which accompanies a Shoinstyle residence) with an area of over 890
m2 and a pond by the wooden deck.
Behind the pond are luscious greens andan artificial hill to create a waterfall.It is arare garden which is a preservation of theearly Showa (1926–89) style until today.

Indoor bench■ Houou-no-ma (Drawing room)
It is the sole Western-style room in thebuilding. The main attractions are its white
plastered high ceiling, marquetry flooring,marble mantelpiece, and stained glass
windows.

■ CafeThere is a tea menu for a fee, andguests can look out to the garden andrelax.

Houou-no-ma

Flower Calendar
Mid-April to mid-May ● Rhododendrons
Late April to mid-May ● Japanese wisterias
Late May to early June ● rhododendron indicums
May to October ● water lilies
June to July ● Japanese stewartias
August to October ● Japanese clovers
October to December ● leopard plant
October to December ● sasanqua camellia
December to April ● Japanese camellia

Hououno-ma

Genkanno-ma

Kitchen

Garden
Yuki
Tori
Kaze
(18 m2) (16 m2) (16 m2)

Hoshi Tsuki(11 m2) (16 m2)

Hana(18 m2)Mai-no-ma

Reception

Kitchenette

Old Entrance

Cafe

Warehouse

Restroom
Entrance* Do not enter the garden and areas with

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sign.

A forest of the four seasons at Machida Yakushi-ike Park

Yakushi-ike ParkTokyo Metropolitan Government-designated Place of Scenic Beauty“Former Garden of Fukuoji-Temple”
Website https://www.city.machida.tokyo.jp/bunka/park/shisetu/park01.html

Address ● 3270 Nozuta-machi, Machida-shi
Contact ● 042-724-4399 (Machida City Parks and Green Spaces
Division)
Inquires can only be taken on weekdays
Open hours ● 6am - 6pm (Jun. - Aug. 6am - 7pm)
* Parking available on the same schedule.
Closed ● Open 365 days
Entrance fee ● Free of charge

In 1982 Yakushi-ike Park was listed as one of Tokyo’s Top
100 Views and went on to be designated a Tokyo Metropolitan Place of Scenic Beauty in 1998. In 2007 the park waschosen to represent Machida City as one of Japan’s Top 100
Historical Parks. The central pond in the park is surroundedby Japanese apricot, camellia, maple, and cherry trees,along with irises, lotuses, and other lush greenery, allowing you to enjoy the colors of all four seasons. You can also
experience a taste of the Edo period by visiting one of thetwo period houses, the Former Nagai House and the Former
Ogino House.

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Cherry blossoms beside the pond

Tsurumigawa Nozuta
River
Shrine ●● Kunimoto Gakuen

Machida Campus

Machida ●Peony Garden
Machida City
Nanakuniyama
Elementary School

Yakushiike
Park

MachidaSquirrel Garden●

Machida City
Kanai Junior ●High School●●

Machida City

● Fujinodai

Elementary School
MachidaCalanthe Garden

Bus ● Take either the bus going to "Tsurukawa Station via Hon-Machida", or the bus going to "Nozuta
Shako via Hon-Machida" from platform 21 at theNorth Exit of Machida Station on the Odakyu Line (infront of the POP Building) and get off at Yakushiike orYakushigaoka bus stop.

Features and Sights to See

Flower Calendar

Late Feb. - late Mar. ● Japanese apricot
Mar. - May ● Camellia
Early - late Apr. ● Cherry
Late Apr. - early May ● Wisteria
Late May - late Jun. ● Japanese iris
Late May - late Jul. ● Hydrangea
Late Jul. - mid-Aug. ● Lotus
Late Nov. - mid-Dec. ● Autumn leaves
Late Dec. - late Feb. ● Yukitsuri (supporting ropes tied
to trees - protect from the snow)■ Old civilian houses
You can get a feel for life during the Edo period byvisiting one of the two period houses that were relocated to the park (the Former Nagai Family Residence
and the Former Ogino Family Residence).

■ Rest area
The rest area beside the pond, Yakushi-chaya tea
house, sells sweet sake, green tea, sweet dumplings,
and other snacks.

■ Area surrounding the pond
You can enjoy the flowers and scenery all year round.

Parking area 2

Parking area 1

Yakushigaoka

Kaido Road

Kamakura-

Lotus field

Plum tree grove

Yakushidai-iriguchi
Camellia
gardenTo Nanakuniyama

Machida Photo Salon, Security OfficeLawn area
The Former
Nagai Residence

Drinking Taikobashi
fountain Bridge

Large waterfall
Yakushido

Yakushi- Yakushiikechaya
tea house

East parking area 2

Yatsuhashi

Drinking
fountain

Yakushiike Park
Inakabashi Bridge

Former Ogino
Family Residence

East parking area 1

Wisteria
ShoptrellisRear gate
Japanese iris field

Yakushiike

Yakushiike
To Machida

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Machida Squirrel GardenA strolling garden and pond that preserves the nature of Edo

Happo-en

Website https://www.happo-en.com

Tokyo Metro
Namboku LineTo Shibuya

JR Yamanote Line

Sengakuji Station

Grand ●
Prince Hotel
New Takanawa

Osaki

Shinagawa
Keihin Route No. 1

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ShirokaneTakanawa
Station43

Shirokanedai Station

Happo-enTa

Go

Toei Mita Line

Gaien Nishi-dori

The name Happo-en, which means “Beautiful from all
sides”, perfectly describes the garden, which has preserved
the natural beauty of Edo. Created from the remnants of thehills and streams of Shirokanedai, this vast garden spans
across a 50,000m² area and is filled with historical buildings and relics. With the white plum blossoms in winter, tothe various types of cherry blossoms in spring, to the lush
green leaves and azaleas in summer, followed by the vibrantautumn leaves, guests can enjoy this garden throughout thewhole year as the seasons change.

MeguroMeguro-doriMetropolitan Expressway No. 2

Address ● 1-1-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku
Contact ● 0570-064-128 (Operator)
Open hours ● 10am - 9pm
Closed ● the year-end/new year and summer holidays
Entrance fee ● Free of charge

Train ● 1 minute walk from exit 2 of Shirokanedai Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line or the Toei Mita
Line. 5 minutes by taxi from Meguro or Shinagawa Station on the JR Yamanote Line.
Toei Bus ● 1 minute walk from Shirokanedai-EkiMae bus stop on Route No. 93 (Meguro Ekimae to Oi
Keibajo-Mae).
Car ● Turn left from the Meguro exit on the Metropolitan Expressway and drive for 900m.
Parking ● 100 spaces (free of charge)

Features and Sights to See■ Cherry Blossoms
Guests can enjoy different types of cherry blossoms fora long period of time starting with the early blooming
Kawazu Sakura and Yoshino Sakura followed by Shidare
Sakura and Yae Sakura.
One highlight of this garden is the Shidare cherry blossoms
reflected in the pond.

■ Water Pavilion (Suichin) & Pond
Nestled amongst lush nature, Suichin provides a wonderful view as it overlooks the pond with 300 carp swimming
about. This view will make you forget that you are evenin Tokyo.

■ The Hills of Shirokanedai
Depending on the viewers location, the scenery can appear
different due to the difference in height of the hills, making itenjoy throughout all four seasons.

Flower Calendar

Late-Jan. - early Feb. ● Japanese apricot (white)
Late Jan. - late Feb. ● Kawazu sakura
Late Mar. - early Apr. ● Shidare sakura
Late Mar. - mid-Apr. ● Yoshino sakura, Yae sakura
Early - mid-Apr. ● Azalea
Mid-Apr. - early May ● Chinaberry
Late May - early Jun. ● Satsuki azalea
Mid-Jun. - mid-Jul. ● French hydrangea
Early Jul. - early Oct. ● Crape myrtle
Early - mid-Oct. ● Orange osmanthus
Late Nov. - mid-Dec. ● Autumn leaves
Mid-Dec. - mid-Jan. ● Camellia hiemalis
Mid-Dec. - early Mar. ● Camellia
Late Dec. - mid-Jan. ● Japanese apricot (pink), Sasanqua

The Bonsai Alley is filled with bonsai that are over 500 years old.

A tea house built by Tanaka Heihachi during the Meiji period was
relocated to the garden.

Midaroku-no-toro (Lantern)
Daigo Shrine
Muan Tea House
SuichinWaterfall
Main building(reception)

Pond

Hakuhokan

Middle garden

Kaku-teiJusansoto
Thirteen-Story
PagodaMaru-teiKahoan Tea House

Bonsai-dori
Parking building

ChapelKochuanMain gate

Oriental Chapel

Kojiro-Inari Shrine

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Rokkaku-tei
Kidomon GateA 17,000m2 -oasis in the heart of Tokyo

Nezu Museum
Website http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp

Address ● 6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku
Contact ● 03-3400-2536
Online-timed entry ticket purchase required.
Open hours ● 10am - 5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed ● Mondays (the following day if it falls on a public/substitute holidays), during exhibition installation, the year-end/new year holidays
Entrance fee ● Adults ¥1,300〜, students (high school student or above) ¥1,000〜 (entrance to the museum is requiredin order to view the garden)

Nezu Museum
NezuBijyutsukan-Mae
Intersection
SeinanElementary ●SchoolTo Gaien-Mae

n-dorika
Bijyutsu

Minami-Aoyama
Rokuchome
Intersection

MinamiAoyama
Rokuchome● FROM 1st● Exit A5

Exit B3 ● Aoyama-dori

Kotto-dori45

To Ropponggi

To Nishi-Azabu

Miyuki-dori

Based on the collection of pre-modern Japanese and East
Asian art built by the renowned entrepreneur Nezu Kaichirō I,
the Nezu Museum was opened in 1941 in Minami-Aoyama.
The museum holds 7 exhibitions annually, displaying 7 National Treasures and 89 Important Cultural Properties from acollection of over 7,600 works. The vast and verdant Japanese garden of approximately 17,000m2 combined with thearchitecture designed by Kuma Kengo creates a delicate anduniquely Japanese atmosphere of serenity. 4 teahouses dot
the garden grounds that comprise the remnant of Kaichirō's
private residence, and Japanese water irises in early summer and maple leaves in autumn make for plenty of sights
to see in all seasons.

To Shibuya

Omote-Sando Station ● Exit B4

Train ● 8 minutes walk from exit A5 of Omote-Sando
Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza, Hanzomon, or Chiyoda
Line.
Toei Bus ● 5 minutes walk from Minami-Aoyama
Rokuchome bus stop on the Shibuya Ekimae to
Shimbashi Ekimae route (No. 88).

Features and Sights to See■ Land formation
Nezu Kaichirō I purchased this land, which he liked for
its hills and dales towards pond, in 1906 to build his
private residence and the garden. Even after the garden was restored after destruction by air raids during
the World War II, it remains as it originally was with thepond at its center.

■ Japanese water irises

View of the garden from the hall.

“Irises” screens, a National Treasure, is on display frommid-April to mid-May every year during the high seasonof water irises in the garden pond. You can enjoy the
Ogata Kōrin’s masterpiece harmonizing with nature.

Flower Calendar

Feb. ● Japanese apricot, Apricot
Mar. - Apr. ● Camellia chrysantha, Stachyurus praecox,
Buttercup winterhazel, Cherry, Azalea, Viola yedoensis,
Japanese andromeda, Wisteria, Chinaberry, Japanesewater iris (late Apr.)
May - Jun. ● Japanese water iris (early May), Japanese snowbell, Hydrangea, Kousa dogwood
Jul. - Aug. ● Gold-banded lily, Tall swertia
Sep. - Oct. ● Toad lily, Orange osmanthus
Nov. - Dec. ● Sasanqua, Camellia, Leopard plant,
Maple, Ginkgo■ Autumn leaves
Kaichirō II hoped to keep the original concept of creating scenes of nature. The garden has been so arranged
that visitors can fully enjoy seasonal foliage especially infall. As you walk through the stone-paved paths, incredible scenes open up ahead: tea houses surrounded bymaple leaves in crimson. No one would expect to findsuch a beautiful scenery in the middle of an urban city.

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A Japanese-style garden adorned with modern architecture and the modern art

Mohri GardenTokyo Metropolitan Government-designated Historic Place “General Nogi’s birthplace”,“Remains of Mohri Kai-no-kami’s Residence”
Website http://www.roppongihills.com/green/

Address ● 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Contact ● 03-6406-6000
Open hours ● 7am - 11pm
Closed ● Open 365 days
Entrance fee ● Free of charge

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Station on the Toei Oedo Line.
Bus ● Accessible from the “Roppongi Hills” bus stop in front of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 1F, the “Roppongi Keyakizaka” bus stop in
front of TV Asahi on Keyakizaka Dori, or "Roppongi-Eki-Mae”/“EX-Theater-Roppongi-Mae” bus stops along Roppongi-dori.
Car ● 10 minutes from the “Shibuya” exit on the Metropolitan Expressway (from Shibuya). 15 minutes from the “Gaien” exit on the
Metropolitan Expressway (from Suginami/Shinjuku). 10 minutes from the “Kasumigaseki” exit on the Metropolitan Expressway (fromIkebukuro). 10 minutes from the “Iikura” exit on the Metropolitan Expressway (from Meguro/Haneda/Shinagawa). 10 minutes fromthe “Shibakoen” exit on the Metropolitan Expressway (from Ueno/Chiba/Shibakoen).
Parking ● Normal parking:around 2760 spaces paid (All day 0:00~24:00)

The Mohri Garden was built on the site of theMohri Daimyo’s mansion and garden from the Edo
period. Traces of the original estate still remain,
but there are several pieces of modern art scattered throughout the garden as well. Alongside
the modern architecture of the Roppongi Hills, thegarden scenery makes for a unique fusion of traditional and modern styles. The killifish living in the
Mohri Pond in the center of the garden are fromthose born on a space shuttle in 1994. Spot-billed
ducks visit the pond every spring and new history
continue to begin.

Flower Calendar

Mar. ● Someiyoshino
Apr. ● Azalea, Yae Japanese kerria , Japanese Snowball, Camellia, Iris japonica, Dogwood , Someiyoshino
May ● Japanese storax, Plantain lily, Japanese maple,
Water lily, Japanese iris, Rhaphiolepis umbellata
Jun. - Jul. ● St. John's wort, Quadricolor hydrangea,
Gardenia, Wax myrtle, Viburnum, Plantain lilyAug. - Sep. ● Lily turf, Dwarf lilyturf, Jumpseed,Orange osmanthus flowers
Oct. ● Sasanqua flowers, Japanese ternstroemia, Ilex
macropoda fruit, Oak acorns
Nov. ● Leopard plant flowers, Longstalk holly, Sarcandra glabra, Ardisia crenata, Viburnum fruit

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Features and Sights to See■ A Japanese garden rich in greenery with a beautiful pond
The Mohri Garden is said to be the classiest space in
the Roppongi Hills, half of site is an open space.
In a vast area of 4,300m2, a waterfall, stream, murmuring stream, cherry blossoms, and Gingko trees surround the pond. This excursion-type Japanese garden
allows you to experience the expression of trees andplant changing seasonally.
How about a taking a walk slowly while feeling Japanese four seasons and history in this deluxe space inthe middle of an urban city?

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Winter scenery

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Bringing Japanese hospitality to the world

Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
National-registered Tangible Cultural Property “three-story pagoda”, “Zangetsu”
Website https://hotel-chinzanso-tokyo.jp/

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Train ● 10 minutes walk from exit 1A of Edogawabashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line.
Bus ● Cross the intersection in front of the ticket
gates at JR Yamanote Line Mejiro Station. Take theToei Bus to "Shinjuku Eki Nishiguchi" from bus stop
No. 5 “Mejiro Eki Mae” on your left and get off at "Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo Mae" (approx. 10 min.).
Car ● Accessible from the “Waseda” and “HigashiIkebukuro” exits of the Metropolitan Expressway No. 5.
Parking ●400 spaces (¥500/30 mins for up to 2
hours, more than 2 hours ¥400/30 mins) * Complimentary parking available when using the hotel.

Address ● 2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku
Contact ● 03-3943-1111
Open hours ● 6am - 11pm
Closed ● Open 365 days
Entrance fee ● Hotel guests only

The garden was built around 140 years ago byelder Meiji statesman and former prime minister Yamagata Aritomo, who named the gardens“Chinzanso” after the land’s former moniker,“Tsubakiyama,” or “the mountain of camellias.”
The garden’s many natural slopes were utilized toform waterfalls and a stream, creating what is now
recognized as a masterpiece of modern gardening.
Some 2,300 trees of 100 varieties of camellias canbe observed blooming from winter through spring.
Other seasonal sights include cherry blossoms
blooming in the spring, fireflies dancing in earlysummer, and the gardens turning red with maple
leaves for a month beginning in late November. In
addition the flora and fauna, stonework such as the
Rakanseki by Ito Jakuchu and wooden buildingssuch as a three-story pagoda. The night garden is
illuminated differently in every season.

“Kokosei,” a well flowing from natural springs, is the area where
fireflies dance.

Flower Calendar

Spring ● Cherry, Azalea, Japanese water iris, Summer
mandarin flowers, Iris Japonica
Summer ● Hydrangea, Crape myrtle
Autumn ● The seven types of autumn herbs, autumn leaves
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and Hannya-ji-style stone lanterns can be seen in thegardens.

■ Pagodas and shrines that survived
the war■ Making the most of water and hills
A naturalistic gardenThis formative garden has many hills and gullies in its
shape, causing variance in the sunlight between areasof the garden. This causes trees and plants of the same
type to bloom and change color at different times. The
stream running from the Chichibu Mountains circulates
in the garden, making the waterfall, pond, and stream
particularly beautiful.

Located in the garden are wooden buildings such as
the three-story pagoda and Zangetsu tea house. EightJapanese houses have been remodeled as individual
Japanese-style restaurant rooms, where you can enjoy
Kaiseki meals aud stone-grilled kaiseki cuisine.

■ Meet the Seven Deities of Good
FortuneMany statues such as the Rakanseki by Ito Jakuchu

The gardens contain about twenty of the Rakanseki status fromthe Kyoto Sekihoji Temple.

In some years, the camellia flower said announce the start of thespring and cherry blossoms, the symbol of spring, bloom at thesame time.

Serenity Garden,
Rooftop Gardens
BANQUET Bldg.
HOTEL Bldg.
Sky Terrace
Terrasse Verde

Vent Vert Chapel

Vent Vert
ChapelBenkeibashi Bridge

Stone Statueof Rakan

Daikokuten

Monument of Chinzanso
Thirteen-Tier Monument

Koshin Stone Monument

Yusui Pond

Kinsui

Kokosei Well

Zangetsu
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Unkin Pond

Hotei Osho

Ebisu God

Three-Story Pagoda, pines, and shrubs

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Hannyaji Temple Stone Lantern

Mizubachi round basin

Tsubakiyama

Chosho-tei

Fukurokujyu

Holy Castanopsis Tree

Shiratama Inari Shrine● Bishamonten

Mokushundo
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Gokei-an

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To Edogawa Park,
Edogawabashi
StationA Taisho & Showa Era Garden of the historic building

The Former Kusuo Yasuda
House and GardenTokyo Metropolitan Government-designated Place of Scenic Beauty “The Former Kusuo Yasuda House and Garden”
Website http://www.national-trust.or.jp/protection/index.php?c=protection_view&pk=1491201890

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Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the house was purchased
by Zenshiro Yasuda (the son-in-low of Zenjiro Yasuda,

The Former Kusuo
YasudaHouse and
GardenSendagi

Train ● 7 minutes walk from exit 1 of Sendagi Station on the Tokyo Metro
Chiyoda Line.
15 minutes walk from Nippori and Nishi-Nippori Stations on the JR Yamanote Line.
Bus ● 1 minute walk from B-Guru No. 19 bus stop "Tokuyo Home Sendagi
no Sato".

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Contact ● 03-3822-2699 (during the house open hours)
Open hours ● 10:30am - 4pm (entry until 3pm)
Closed ● Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, mid-Augustand New Year’s holidays
Entrance fee ● Adults ¥500, Junior and senior high school students ¥200, Free for Elementary School Students
and under.
(Public) Free admission for members of the Japan
National Trust

Dangozaka-shita
Sansakizaka slopefounder of the Yasuda zaibatsu). The family lived here
until the death of his son, Kusuo Yasuda, in 1995. The
property was donated to the Japan National Trust in
1996. The house was opened to the public in 2007.
The house and garden are important cultural assets,having survived both the Great Kanto Earthquake andWorld War II.

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tral garden on the south side was designed featuringkare-san-sui, literally meaning “dry-mountain-water”,
created without using any real water. The trees are
effectively arranged to add picturesque beauty to thescenery. Different scenery can be enjoyed from eachroom.

Features and Sights to See■ The garden as seen from theJapanese-style house
The grounds stretch from east to west and the original land area was 1800m2 (now 1500m2). The front
garden, central garden, inner garden, and spot garden
are arranged along the Japanese-style house. The cen-

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Weeping cherry tree can be seen from the second floor.

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A pleasant breeze blows through the house.
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Formal Reception
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Main
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You can also enjoy the red and yellow leaves in autumn.
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Layout Plan and Level 1 Floor Plan

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The gardens attached to the University of Tokyo that wereonce used by the Tokugawa Shogunate as a medicinal garden

Koishikawa Botanical Garden
National-designated Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty“Koishikawa Botanical Garden”
Website https://www.bg.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/koishikawa/

Address ● 3-7-1 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku
Contact ● 03-3814-0138
Open hours ● 9am - 4:30pm (entry until 4pm)
Closed ● Mondays (the following weekday if it falls on a public/
substitute holidays)
Entrance fee ● Adults (high school students or older) ¥500
Children (elementary and junior high school
students) ¥150
Discounts available for groups (of twenty or more)

Japanese honey locust
Cedar and Hinoki cypress grove
Chinese quince grove

Zizyphus jujuba

Lacebark pine

Lagerstroemia
subcostata

Chinese fringe flower

Sequoia

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Japanese black pine (incommemoration of the200th anniversary of
Thunberg's arrival in Japan)

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Please go down the slope andwalk around to the main gate.

Former Tokyo School of
Medicine mainbuilding (theUniversity Museum
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Chinese catalpa

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Train ● 10 minutes walk from exit A1 of Hakusan Station on the Toei Mita Line.
15 minutes walk from exit 1 of Myogadani Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
Toei Bus ● 3 minutes walk from Hakusan-Nichome bus stop (route 60,
Otsuka -Ueno Park Line).

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Plum tree grove
Japanese iris
Plum tree groveTe fringe flower

The botanical gardens attached to the University ofTokyo are now used for botanical research but wereonce a medicinal garden used by the Tokugawa Shogunate. With 16 hectares of green space including
greenhouses, systematic gardens, plateaus, slopes,
lowlands, and ponds, the garden uses its different
land formations to cultivate over 4,000 species ofwild plants. With a Japanese-style garden, an oldwell of “Yojyosho”, a charitable hospital, a Ginkgo
tree where a spermatazoid was discovered, and a
Newton's Apple tree, the plants contained in the
Koishikawa Botanical Garden continue to speak of along history and tradition today.

Features and Sights to See■ Japanese garden
The Japanese-style garden came from the garden of
the Hakusan Palace where the fifth Shogun Tokugawa
Tsunayoshi spent his childhood. The garden makes
good use of the natural land formation and displays
skillful landscaping techniques that can be seen in its
subtle stone arrangements and land allotment. The garden is said to be a classic Edo period garden. A plumtree grove in the corner of the Japanese-style garden
has a hundred trees of 50 cultivated varieties of Japanese apricot, Prunus mume.

■ Row of giant trees

Flower Calendar

You can enjoy the view of this row of gigantic trees
which include Linden, Platanus and Tuliptree. These
trees were planted as a test before planting trees in thestreets during the Meiji period.

Jan. - Feb. ● Camellia, Japanese apricot, Sasanqua,
Kan-zakura cherry, KanbokeMar. - Apr. ● Kobushi magnolia, Bell flower cherry,
Someiyoshino, Azalea, Japanese cornel, Handkerchieftree, Wisteria
May - Jun. ● Tulip tree, Snow flower, Satsuki azalea,
Deutzia, Hydrangea, Japanese iris
Jul. - Aug. ● Persian silk tree, Daylily, Sweet-scented
oleander, Crape myrtle, Chaste tree, Spider lily, Rose of
SharonSep. - Oct. ● Japanese bush clover, Red spider lily,
Perennial Buckwheat, Japanese anemone, Golden rain
tree, Pampas grass, Ornamental cotton rosemallow
Nov. - Dec. ● Chinese quince, Sasanqua, Camelliahiemalis, Diospyros rhombifolia, Acer palmatum, Tree
Dahlia■ Acer palmatum boulevard
The leaves of the acer palmatum trees turn red frommid-November. It's a wonderful place for a stroll.

Acer palmatum
Greenhouse
Platanus
Tulip tree

Camphor tree
Camellia
gardenLinden boulevard

Ginkgo (where aspermatazoid
was discovered)

Disaster memorial monument

Camphor tree
Handkerchief tree

Remains of theherbal medicine
drying site

Shibata Memorial Museum
Newtown's apple tree
Mendel's grapevine

Acer boulevard

Tree Dahlia
Wisteria

Azalea garden
Well at the old medicinal site
Old sweet potato test cultivationsite monument

Inu-zakura cherry

Shop
Main building
Medicinal herb garden

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tree grove

Ornamental cotton rosemallow

Someiyoshino grove

Systematic garden

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Acer maximowiczianum
Japanese bush clover garden
Cercidiphyllum
japonicum
Nyssaceae

Pampas grass
Mountain plant cultivation site

Wollemia Juniperus lutchuensis
Winter sweet
Cycas revoluta (where aspermatazoid was discovered)

Taro-Inari
Bald cypress

Metasequoia grove

Alder boulevard

Juglandaceae grove

Main gate

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The last great Edo garden

Sui-kei-en GardenTokyo Metropolitan Government-designated Place of Scenic Beauty “Daikyoji Temple Sui-kei-en Garden”
Website http://www.taishakuten.or.jp

Lumbini
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The name Sui-kei-en comes from the quiet and tranquil atmosphere of the waterfall in the garden. Major renovations began
in 1965 by Rakuzan Nagai, a famous landscape gardener inthe Kanto region, and were completed in1968. In 1984, thecorridor was built around the garden, allowing worshipers toappreciate the garden from various perspectives.
The main garden was originally designed by Rakuzan Nagai
as a garden best enjoyed while sitting in the Main Guest Room(privileged guests only) and was completed along with thepark in 1929.
In March 2023, the Main Guest Room was additionally designated as a place of scenic beauty, and the entire garden was
designated as Tokyo’s scenic spot.

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Address ● 7-10-3 Shibamata, Katsushika-ku
Contact ● 03-3657-2886
Open hours ● 9am - 4pm
Closed ● Dec.28 - Jan.3 (only the garden is closed)
Entrance fee ● Admission to garden and sculpture gallery
Adults ¥400, children (elementary, junior high,and high school) ¥200
¥300 per adult for groups of twenty or more

Sotoshu
Manpukuji
Temple ●Train ● 3 minutes walk from Shibamata Station on the
Keisei Line.
12 minutes walk from Shin-Shibamata Station on the
Hokuso Line.
Bus ● 15 minutes by Keisei Bus (towards Kanamachi)
from JR Koiwa Station (get off at Shibamata Taishakuten
bus stop).
5 minutes by Keisei Bus (towards Koiwa) from JR Kanamachi Station (get off at Shibamata Taishakuten bus stop).
Car ● Turn onto Shibamata-Kaido Road from Kuramaedori or Mito-Kaido Road then turn east towards Edogawa
River at the Shibamata Taishakuten-Mae intersection.
Parking ● 40 spaces (¥100/15 mins)

Features and Sights to See■ Circuit-style gardenThis circular garden with a pond at its center is located in
front of Daikyakuden, a Tokyo Metropolitan Govermentselected Historical Buildings. You can enjoy the sceneryfrom the covered walkway that surrounds the garden.

Flower Calendar

Jan. - Feb. ● Camellia, Japanese apricot

Mar. - Apr. ● Someiyoshino, Weeping cherry, Azalea
May - Jun. ● Satsuki azalea, Iris, Hydrangea
Jul. - Aug. ● Lotus
Sep. - Oct. ● Japanese bush clover
Nov. - Dec. ● Ginkgo, Maple

The elegant garden waterfall from which Sui-kei-en Garden took
its name.

The walkway looks out to the irises and the garden.

Panoramic view of Daikyakuden

Daikyakuden

Parking

Sui-kei-en Garden

GardenReception

Hosho Kaikan

Taishaku-do
Holy water

Daishoro(Large bell tower)
Jogyo Bosatsu(Buddhist statue)

Hon-doShaka-doNitenmon Gate
Fukujyuden

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Minami-Daimon Gate

A short stroll amongst the four seasons of Japan in the garden

Keio Mogusaen

Hino City-designated Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty “Mogusaen ;site of Shorenji-temple)”
Website http://www.keio-mogusaen.jp/

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Train ● 10 minutes walk from Mogusaen Stationon the Keio Line. 10 minutes by taxi from Seisekisakuragaoka or Takahatafudo Stations.

Address ● 560 Mogusa, Hino-shi
Contact ● 042-591-3478
Open hours ● 9am - 5pm (Nov. - Dec. 9am - 4:30pm)
Closed ● Wednesdays (the following weekday if it falls on a public/substitute holidays), Dec.30 - Jan.3*Open during special event period.
Entrance fee ● Adults ¥500, children ¥100
(Discounts available for groups of 25 or more anddisabled visitors
Discount price: adults ¥400, children ¥80)
Fall Foriage Festival

During the Kyoho period, Jushoin Jigaku Genchoni,
the wife of Okubo Lord Odawara, had a replication of
the Shorenji Temple built on these grounds as a display of mourning for Tokugawa Ieyasu’s eldest son,Nobuyasu. The property grew through the ages into
what is now the Keio Mogusaen. In autumn, you cansee beautiful maple leaves; during plum season, five
hundred trees of fifty varieties race to show their
blossoms, making for stunning garden scenery.
Many tourists and guests enjoy the annual festivals:
the Plum Festival in early February and mid-March,
the Mogusaenring Spring Festival from late April toearly May, and the Fall Foliage Festival in November.

Flower Calendar

Jan. ● Winter sweet, Japanese narcissus
Feb. ● Different varieties of Japanese apricot, Witch
hazel, Amur adonis, CamelliaMar. ● Different varieties of Japanese apricot, Japanese cornel, Flowering quince, Japanese Andromeda
Apr. ● Dogtooth violet, Rhododendron dilatatum, Azalea,
Japanese primrose
May ● Japanese wisteria shrub, Mountain peony,
Chinese peony, Satsuki azalea
Jun. ● Different varieties of Hydrangea
Sep. ● Red spider lily
Nov. ● Different varieties of autumnleaves
Dec. ● Sasanqua

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Features and Sights to See■ View
The garden stretches east to west along Tamakyuryo
Hill and its Lookout Point is located 143 meters above
sea level. During February and March, the thatch roofed
Shoren-an is surrounded by plum flowers. On sunnydays, the hill provides a view of skyscrapers such as theTokyo Metropolitan Government Buildings in Shinjuku
and the Tokyo Skytree®.

■ Thatch roof and the Tea House

Plum Festival: Japanese apricot

The thatch roofed Shoren-an is surrounded by peacefulscenery including the Shinji-ike pond (a pond in the shapeof the Japanese character for "heart"). Plum trees, Maple
trees, and Japanese wisteria shrubs have been planted in
the area and an authentic tea house named the Sanrekian also stands nearby. Gatherings such as tea ceremonies are held during events at the garden.

■ Rich natural environment
The surrounding environment is blessed with beautiful
nature. Owls, Japanese raccoons, and badgers live in
the garden. Almost half of the entire site is comprisedof wooded area, which plays a part in preserving thenatural environment.

Mogusaen Spring Festival: Wisteria

Lookout Point
Basho Tenjin

Matsuo Basho
Haiku
Monument
Kosodate
Jizo Shrine
Shinji-ike
Pond

Sanreki-an

Shoren-an

Bokusui Wakayama
Tanka Monument

Jyushobai Plum Tree

Pavilion

Bokusui Wakayama
Birth Centennial Monument

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9 12

Hydrangea(Jun. - Aug.)1

Wisteria(Apr. - May)

8 14 29

Water lily, Lotus(Jun. - Aug.)

3 14 20 21 28

14 16 18 21 22 23 24 25 27 28

Lily(Jun. - Aug.)

5 10 11 18 23

29

Spider lily
(Jul. - Aug.)

5 27

59

Cotton rose hibiscus(Aug. - Sep.)

1

9 12 27