Parks & GardensUeno, Yanaka, Nippori
Rikugien（Rikugien Gardens)
cherry blossom viewing(architectural) floodlightingwalk
This is a feudal lord’s garden built in 1695 by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a close servant of the fifth shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, on land given to him by Tsunayoshi as a subordinate residence. Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa designed and directed the garden himself, dug a pond and built a mountain, and over a period of seven years, created a garden with a circular garden with a mountain fountain. It is a vast site of approximately 87,000 m2, and is considered one of the two largest gardens in Edo (Tokyo) together with Koishikawa Korakuen Garden. The name of the garden derives from “Rikugi,” a Chinese classification system of Chinese poems, which was adapted to waka poetry by Kikanuki. The garden has been designated as a Special Place of Scenic Beauty by the national government, and is famous for azaleas that bloom from April to May and weeping cherry trees, the symbol of the garden, which offer beautiful scenery in every season.
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| address (e.g. of house) | 6 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo |
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| Access |
7 min. walk from JR/Subway Komagome Station, 10 min. walk from Subway Sengoku Station
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| phone | 03-3941-2222 |
| Business Hours | 9:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30) |
| regular closing day | Year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 – January 1) |
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| Founding and opening of business | 1938 (Showa 13) |
