Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Tokyo National Museum Tokyo National Museum（東京国立博物館） The garden of the Tokyo National Museum became the home for 5 historical buildings gathered from all over Japan. There is a teahouse called Tengōan (転合庵) that was designed by the famous Japanese...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Tonogayato Teien Tonogayato Teien（殿ヶ谷戸庭園） The Tonogayato Teien is a Japanese landscape garden, built between 1914 and 1916 (Taisho period) near Tokyo. It was built for the residence of the vice president of the Manchurian Railway company. In 1929, the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Kairaku-en Kairaku-en（偕楽園） Kairaku-en is a large strolling garden in Mito-Shi, Ibaraki-Ken. It was built by Tokugawa Nariaki in the year 1841 for the enjoyment of normal people of the area. The garden belongs to the Three Great Gardens of...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Sentō Gosho (Sentō Imperial Palace) Sentō Gosho (Sentō Imperial Palace)（仙洞御所） The Sentō Imperial Palace was built in 1630 as Emperor Go-Mizunoo’s retirement residence. Several fires have burnt down the buildings over the time, and the Sentō Imperial Palace was...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Kyōto Gosho (Kyoto Imperial Palace) Kyōto Gosho (Kyoto Imperial Palace)（京都御所） The Imperial Palace in Kyoto has been the seat of the Emperor from the Heian period (794-1185) until the end of the Edo period (1603-1868). After the Edo period,...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kamakura Area > Hōkoku-ji Hōkoku-ji（報国寺） Hōkoku-ji is a small Zen temple in Kamakura, world-famous for its bamboo grove of more than 2000 Mōsō bamboos. It is also called Take-dera (Bamboo temple) for that reason. The temple was founded in 1334, a time...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Tokyo Area > Hamarikyū Teien Hamarikyū Teien（浜離宮恩賜庭園） The Hamarikyū garden is a large strolling garden directly next to Tokyo bay. It was built by the shogun Tokugawa in the Edo period (1603-1868). The garden’s ponds are connected to the Tokyo bay so...Continue Reading
