SHINJUKU GYOENGARDEN
Combination of Japanese and westerngarden and botanical garden

Shinjuku Gate

Shinjuku Gyoen Garden

Area: 583,000 m2 (144 acre),
17% of Central park (NY),Shinjuku gyoen station

Promenade

40% of Hyde park (London)
Okido Gate

Secondary Forest

Greenhouse

Visitors: 2.5 million per year(2017)
Trees: more than 20,000 (1,500are cherry trees)Japanese Traditional
GardenTamamo Pond
Landscape Garden
Shinjuku Gyoen

Asakusa

Formal Garden
Imperial palace
Meiji Shrine

Sendagaya Gate History:

The current garden site was a part of the villa,or suburban residence of Naito clan, thehereditary feudal lord during the Edo period.

After Meiji restoration, Naito Shinjuku
experimental center was established In 1872,
in order to promote modern agriculture.
And then function of experimental center
was transferred to other place and it started
out as "Shinjuku Imperial Botanical Garden" in
1879 and designated as imperial garden.
Gyoen means Imperial garden

Shinjuku Gyoen, the representative modern
western-style garden in Meiji era, blends three
distinct styles, Formal Garden, LandscapeGarden and Japanese Traditional Garden Formal Garden or French style garden has

symmetrical design with rose garden andSycamore promenade.

 Landscape Garden or British style garden has

vast open loan space surrounded by many
land mark tree like Japanese elm, zelkova, tuliptree and cherry trees.

 Japanese garden; In the garden, we canwatch two Japanese garden

Tamamo pond (small one) and Japanesetraditional garden. The garden surround
Tamamo pond is remaining of former
Tamagawa-en, Japanese garden of residenceof Naito family.
Another large Japanese garden is newly
constructed showing typical Japanese garden.
 Greenhouse; The original was one of the oldest

greenhouse in Japan had long history of researchand experimental center of high technology suchas orchid cultivation or conservation ofendangered species. We can noe enjoy many
tropical plants in the renewed one.

 Formal Garden (French style garden)

Center of a symmetrical garden, rose bed isdesigned with many famous and beautiful
varieties selected from world and Japan.

We can enjoy beauty shape and richfragrance of roses from mid spring to autumn.
Along with rose garden, Sycamore
promenade is designed. Sycamore wasintroduced from European countries in Meijiear, and now very popular as roadside tree
in Japan. We can enjoy autumn color ofSycamore.

 Landscape garden (British style garden)

We can enjoy and relax on vast loan
season to season.

Open space is surrounded by many landmark tree like both Japanese native tree
like Japanese elm, Japanese zelkova, orcherry trees but also introduced tree liketulip tree, or Himalayan ceder.

 Traditional Japanese Garden

In the Gyoen garden, we can enjoy twoJapanese garden.
One is former Tamagawa-en, this garden
was remaining Japanese garden ofresidence of Naito family (former ownerin Edo period)surrounding Tamamo pond.

Another Japanese garden is large one ,which was constructed after Meiji
restoration, but has traditional style ofJapanese garden, to stroll surrounding
pond to enjoy changing scene including
combination of background scene.

 Greenhouse

We can enjoy short trip in tropicalregion walking through a path in thegreenhouse.
In the greenhouse, many unique plants
are collected such as sacred Buddhist
tree like Sal tree or fruit bearing trees.

Also, we can watch many kind oforchids or endangered species.

 Secondary forest (Mother and child woods)

Although forest is not genuine naturalforest, the secondary forest represents
secondary nature suburbs of Tokyo.

This forest is important for education.
We can enjoy quiet atmosphere.