Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Tokyo Imperial Palace Ninomaru Gardens Tokyo Imperial Palace Ninomaru Gardens（東御苑の二の丸庭園） The public Japanese garden of the Tokyo Imperial Palace can be found in the secondary circle of defense of the palace, the Ninomaru (second circle). This is the place...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Nezu Museum Nezu Museum（根津美術館） The Nezu museum is a private collection of Japanese and Asian art – from calligraphy to painting, ceramics, and textiles. The industrialist and president of the Tobu railway company, Nezu Kaichiro was an avid art...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Mukōjima-hyakka-en Mukōjima-hyakka-en（向島百花園） This garden was built by an antique dealer between 1804 and 1830. The name of the garden means “a garden with a hundred flowers that bloom throughout the four seasons”, and the garden is indeed known for...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 > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Kyū-Asakurake House Kyū-Asakurake House（旧朝倉家住宅） Shibuya is one of Tokyo’s liveliest district – and in its middle, you can find this calm residence from 1919. Asakura Torajiro, the chairman of the Tokyo council had built this house and its beautiful...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Kiyosumi Teien Kiyosumi Teien（清澄庭園） The Kiyosumi gardens are said to have been part of the residence of the businessman Kinokuniya Bunzaemon in the Edo period (1603-1868). In the Meiji period, the founder of Mitsubishi, Iwasaki Yataro, bought the land...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Kyū-Furukawa Teien Kyū-Furukawa Teien（旧古河庭園） The Kyū-Furukawa estate in Tokyo’s Kita-Ku has been built by Josiah Conder in 1917, the Japanese garden was designed by Ogawa Jihei. Josiah Conder was a British architect, who was invited to Japan in 1877...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Happō-en Happō-en（八芳園） Nowadays, the beautiful Happō-en gardens serve mainly as a backdrop for traditional Japanese wedding parties and banquets. There is a kaiseki restaurant overlooking the Japanese garden and a tea house where visitors can get a bowl of...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Asakura-chōso-kan Asakura-chōso-kan（朝倉彫塑館） This sculpture museum is situated in Yanaka, which is a district in Tokyo’s Taito ward. It is the former home and studio of the Japanese sculptor Asakura Fumio (1883 – 1964). The house, studio, and garden have...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Tokyo Area > Shinjuku Gyoen Shinjuku Gyoen（新宿御苑） Surprisingly, Shinjuku Gyoen has one of the most beautiful Japanese gardens in Tokyo. It is a vast park and has different garden sections: a Japanese garden with two ponds connected by a small river, a...Continue Reading
