Hama-rikyu Gardens
Kyu Shiba Rikyu Gardens, Kiyosumi Gardens, and Kyu Yasuda Garden also used to have tidal ponds. However, Hama-rikyu Gardens is currently the only one where seawater actually flows in and out.
1-1 Hamarikyu Gardens, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
03-3541-0200
Hama-rikyu Gardens
A tidal pond is a style typically used in seaside
gardens, where seawater is drawn in and the
appearance of the pond changes with the ebb and flow
of the tide.
1-1 Hamarikyu Gardens, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
03-3541-0200
Hama-rikyu Gardens
This is a representative daimyo garden from the Edo
period, featuring a tidal pond that draws in seawater
from Tokyo Bay and two duck hunting grounds.
1-1 Hamarikyu Gardens, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
03-3541-0200
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Hama-rikyu Gardens
This is a representative daimyo garden from the Edo period, featuring a tidal pond that draws in seawater from Tokyo Bay and two duck hunting grounds.
A tidal pond is a style typically used in seaside gardens, where seawater is drawn in and the appearance of the pond changes with the ebb and flow of the tide.
Kyu Shiba Rikyu Gardens, Kiyosumi Gardens, and Kyu Yasuda Garden also used to have tidal ponds. However, Hama-rikyu Gardens is currently the only one where seawater actually flows in and out.
This area was originally a hawking ground for the shogunate family, covered in reeds. The first residence built here was by Matsudaira Tsunashige, the lord of Kofu and younger brother of the fourth shogun, Ietsuna.
In 1654, Tsunashige received permission from the shogun to reclaim land from the sea and build a detached residence called Kofu Hama Yashiki. Later, when Tsunashige’s son, Tsunatoyo (Ienobu), became the sixth shogun, this residence became a detached palace of the shogunate family and its name was changed to Hama Goten.
Since then, successive shoguns undertook several landscaping and renovation projects, and the garden largely took on its current form during the time of the eleventh shogun, Ienari.
After the Meiji Restoration, it became an imperial detached palace and its name was changed to Hama-rikyu. Later, due to the Great Kanto Earthquake and wartime damage, valuable structures such as tea houses were burned down and trees were damaged, losing its former appearance. However, it was granted to Tokyo Metropolitan Government, restored, and opened to the public for a fee.
It has been designated as a National Special Place of Scenic Beauty and Special Historic Site based on the Cultural Properties Protection Law of Japan.
1-1 Hamarikyu Gardens, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
03-3541-0200
https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/hama-rikyu/index.html
Otemon Gate
7 minutes walk from Toei Oedo Line “Tsukijishijo” (E18) or “Shiodome” (E19), or Yurikamome “Shiodome” Station.
12 minutes walk from JR, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, or Toei Asakusa Line “Shimbashi” (G08･A10) Station.
Naka-no-Gomon Gate
5 minutes walk from Toei Oedo Line “Shiodome” (Exit 10) or Yurikamome “Shiodome” Station.
15 minutes walk from JR “Hamamatsucho” Station.
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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden
1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/koishikawakorakuen/index.html
■ East Gate
5 minutes walk from Suidobashi Station (JB17) West Exit on the JR Sobu Line
6 minutes walk from Korakuen Station (M22 / N11) Exit 2 on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Namboku Line
8 minutes walk from Suidobashi Station (I11) Exit A2 on the Toei Mita Line
■ West Gate *Please enter from the West Gate if you are using Kantoku-tei.
3 minutes walk from Iidabashi Station (E06) Exit C3 on the Toei Oedo Line
8 minutes walk from Iidabashi Station (JB16) East Exit on the JR Sobu Line
8 minutes walk from Iidabashi Station (T06 / Y13 / N10) Exit A1 and A3 on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Yurakucho Line, and Namboku Line
8 minutes walk from Korakuen Station (M22 / N11) Exit 1 and Exit 2 on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Namboku Line
No parking available
There are bicycle parking areas inside both the West and East Gates
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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden
There are only nine such places nationwide,
including Kinkaku-ji (Rokuon-ji), Ginkaku-ji (Jisho-ji), Sanboin of Daigo-ji in Kyoto City,
the site of Heijokyo Sakyo Sanjo Nibogyo in Nara Prefecture,
Itsukushima in Hiroshima Prefecture, Motsu-ji Garden in Iwate Prefecture,
and the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins in Fukui Prefecture.
1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/koishikawakorakuen/index.html
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden
It is designated as a national cultural property as a Special Historic Site
and Special Place of Scenic Beauty under the Cultural Properties Protection Law.
Only two Tokyo Metropolitan gardens,
Hamarikyu Gardens and this garden,
have received dual designation as both Special Historic Sites
and Special Places of Scenic Beauty.
1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/koishikawakorakuen/index.html
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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden
The name “Korakuen” was derived from the phrase “Sen Tenka no Urei ni Ure,
Go Tenka no Raku ni Raku”
(roughly, “Worry before the world worries, enjoy after the world enjoys”)
from Fan Zhongyan’s “Yueyang Lou Ji” in the Song Dynasty,
after Mitsukuni took the advice of Zhu Shunshui,
a Confucian scholar from the neighboring Ming Dynasty who had fled to Japan.
This phrase teaches the ethics of rulers, which Mitsukuni adopted as his political creed.
1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/koishikawakorakuen/index.html
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden
The “Oizumi Pond” at the center and many other ponds
in the garden were supplied by the Kanda Aqueduct in the Edo period.
It was rare for an aqueduct to run through a samurai residence,
and traces of it can still be seen at the “Kanda Aqueduct Site” today.
1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/koishikawakorakuen/index.html
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden
The garden style with a central pond,
a strolling garden,
was a pioneer among Edo daimyo gardens
and had a significant influence on later daimyo gardens.
1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/koishikawakorakuen/index.html
