Parks & GardensIkebukuro/Akabane
Asukayama Park（Asukayama Park)
cherry blossom viewingmuseumJapanese-style gardencherry treeimportant cultural property
Asukayama is known to have been developed and built about 300 years ago by Tokugawa Yoshimune as part of his Kyoho reforms. Yoshimune planted cherry trees to make Asukayama a place of recreation where the common people of Edo could enjoy cherry blossom viewing, and he himself held a banquet at Asukayama to advertise the area as a famous cherry blossom viewing spot. In 1873, the park was designated as “Japan’s first park. The remains of Eiichi Shibusawa’s former residence still remain in the Shibusawa Garden, which is designated as a National Important Cultural Property under the name “Former Shibusawa Family Asukayama Residence. There are also playground equipment for children and three museums (Kita-ku Asukayama Museum, Paper Museum, and Shibusawa Museum) for both adults and children to enjoy.
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| address (e.g. of house) | 1-1-3, Oji, Kita-ku |
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| Access | Short walk from JR Oji Station |
| phone | 03-5980-9210 |
| Business Hours | 24 hours (Shibusawa Garden is open from 9:00 to 16:30, excluding other facilities such as museums) |
| regular closing day | nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta) |
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| Founding and opening of business | Edo period (1603-1868 CE) |
