{"id":38452,"date":"2023-01-11T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/no-category-1\/%e5%b0%8f%e7%9f%b3%e5%b7%9d%e5%be%8c%e6%a5%bd%e5%9c%92"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:00:13","slug":"%e5%b0%8f%e7%9f%b3%e5%b7%9d%e5%be%8c%e6%a5%bd%e5%9c%92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/column-en\/%e5%b0%8f%e7%9f%b3%e5%b7%9d%e5%be%8c%e6%a5%bd%e5%9c%92","title":{"rendered":"Koishikawa Korakuen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parks & Gardens<\/a>Ochanomizu, Yushima, Korakuen<\/a><\/p>\n

Koishikawa Korakuen<\/span>\uff08Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens)<\/span><\/h1>\n

cherry blossom viewing<\/a>picnic<\/a>leaves changing color (colour)<\/a><\/p>\n

\n This garden was created in 1629, in the early Edo period, by Yorifusa Tokugawa, the first lord of the Mito Tokugawa family, and completed by Mitsukuni, the second lord of the Mito Tokugawa family. It is the oldest feudal lord’s garden completed in the Edo period, and is designated as a Special Historic Site and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty by the national government. Based on Mitsukuni’s Confucian philosophy, the opinions of the Ming Confucian scholar Chu Shun-sui were incorporated into the garden, and the Chinese taste is evident throughout the landscape. The name of the garden, “Korakuen,” was also derived from Chinese teachings. The garden is a kaiyushiki style garden with a large fountain that imitates Lake Biwa, and mountains, rivers, and rice paddies that resemble scenic spots in various regions are skillfully expressed in the garden. Weeping cherry trees over 60 years old and the Engetsu Bridge, which looks like a full moon when reflected on the water, are also highlights of the garden.<\/p>\n

Spot Outline<\/span><\/span>Outline<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
address (e.g. of house)<\/th>\n\n1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access<\/th>\n\n5 min. from JR Suidobashi Station, 8 min. from Subway Suidobashi Station, 8 min. from JR and Subway Iidabashi Station, 6 min. from Subway Korakuen Station
\n3 minutes from Subway Iidabashi Station, 8 minutes from JR Iidabashi Station and Suidobashi Station, 8 minutes from Subway Iidabashi Station and Korakuen Station<\/p>\n
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phone<\/th>\n03-3811-3015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business Hours<\/th>\n\n9:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
regular closing day<\/th>\n\nYear-end and New Year holidays (December 29 – January 1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
External Links<\/th>\n\n

Official Web Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Founding and opening of business<\/th>\n\n1938 (Showa 13)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parks & GardensOchanomizu, Yushima, Korakuen Koishikawa Korakuen\uff08Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens) cherry blossom viewingpicnicleaves changing color (colour) This garden was created in 1629, in the early Edo period, by Yorifusa Tokugawa, the first lord of the Mito Tokugawa family, and completed by Mitsukuni, the second lord of the Mito Tokugawa family. It is the oldest feudal lord’s garden completed in the Edo period, and is designated as a Special Historic Site and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty by the national government. Based on Mitsukuni’s Confucian philosophy, the opinions of the Ming Confucian scholar Chu Shun-sui were incorporated into the garden, and the Chinese taste is evident throughout the landscape. The name […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4020],"tags":[4161,4320,4345,4602,4604,5243],"area":[3991,4093],"class_list":["post-38452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-column-en","tag-hanami-en","tag-autumn-leaves-en","tag-ochanomizu-yushima-korakuen-en","tag-parks-and-gardens-en","tag-agatajapan-culture-tourism-en","tag-picnic-en","area-tokyo-en","area-bunkyo-ward-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38452"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=38452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}