The Rikugien garden was initially built by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu from 1695 until 1702. In 1868 it was purchased by Iwasaki Yataro who remodeled the garden to his needs but kept the heart of the garden – the theme of Waka poetry. However, he added many elements. So also the Hōraijima...Continue Reading
With our eBook about the Rikugien garden, we almost reached the last eBook of our series about famous gardens in Tokyo! When researching the gardens in Tokyo, you never find one garden is like the other, although most of them were built during the Edo period. However, with later...Continue Reading