Kiyosumi Garden
It is a “strolling-style pond garden” mainly consisting of a spring, artificial hills, and a dry landscape garden.
📍 3-3-9 Kiyosumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
👨💻 https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kiyosumi/
🚃 3 minutes walk from Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station (E14, Z11) on the Toei Oedo Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
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Kiyosumi Garden
It is a “strolling-style pond garden” mainly consisting of a spring, artificial hills, and a dry landscape garden.
This landscaping technique was used in daimyo gardens of the Edo period, but it was also carried over to landscaping in the Meiji era, and Kiyosumi Garden is said to have achieved its modern completion.
Part of this area is said to be the site of the residence of Kii no Kuniya Bunzaemon, a wealthy merchant of the Edo period. It became the lower residence of Kuze Yamato-no-kami, the lord of Sekiyado in Shimousa Province, and it seems that the garden was formed to some extent around that time.
Yataro Iwasaki bought this dilapidated residence and planned to create a garden as a place to entertain his employees and guests, and “Fukagawa Shinbokuen” was tentatively completed.
After Yataro’s death, the garden construction was continued, a large pond was created by drawing water from the Sumida River, and famous stones brought from all over the country were placed around it, completing a “strolling-style pond garden” representative of the Meiji era.
Kiyosumi Garden suffered great damage in the Great Kanto Earthquake, but at this time it unexpectedly played the role of a refuge in times of disaster and saved many lives.
The Iwasaki family valued the disaster prevention function of the garden, donated the eastern half (the current garden area) to Tokyo City as a park site, and the city developed and opened it to the public.
Furthermore, the site adjacent to the west side of the garden was additionally opened as an open park. There is a lawn area and a pergola here.
About 20 cherry trees are planted, making it a place for cherry blossom viewing in the spring. The garden has been designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
📍 3-3-9 Kiyosumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
👨💻 https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kiyosumi/
🚃 3 minutes walk from Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station (E14, Z11) on the Toei Oedo Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
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Kyu Furukawa Gardens
After World War II, ownership was transferred to the state, but following local requests, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government borrowed it from the state free of charge and opened it to the public.
It is a valuable example that retains the prototype of a rare early Taisho era garden, and it is an excellent and representative example of the wonderful harmony between Japanese and Western styles achieved through the fusion of traditional methods and modern technology.
It is an important example as one of the few modern gardens that are extremely well-preserved, and it has been designated as a National Site of Scenic Beauty under the Cultural Properties Protection Law.
📍1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo
📲https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-furukawa/
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Kyu Furukawa Gardens
The creator of the Japanese garden was Jihei Ogawa VII, also known as Ueji, a gardener from Kyoto.
In addition to this garden, he also designed the Mu-rin-an, the Kyoto villa of Aritomo Yamagata, the Heian Jingu Shrine Garden, Maruyama Park, and the villa gardens of business leaders around Nanzenji Temple.
📍1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo
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Kyu Furukawa Gardens
The designer of the current Western-style house and Western-style garden was Dr. Josiah Conder, a British architect, who also designed the Western-style house of the former Iwasaki-tei Garden, the Rokumeikan, and the Nikolai Cathedral, making significant contributions to the Japanese architectural world.
📍1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo
📲https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-furukawa/
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Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
This garden was originally the residence of Count Mutsu Munemitsu, a prominent figure of the Meiji era, but after his second son was adopted into the Furukawa family, it became the property of the Furukawa family, though the buildings from that time no longer exist.
📍1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo
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Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
Utilizing the topography of the Musashino Plateau’s slopes and lowlands, a Western-style house was built on the small hill on the north side, a Western-style garden on the slope, and a Japanese garden in the lowland, creating a characteristic harmony between the Japanese and Western gardens.
📍1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo📲
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📍1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo
📲https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-furukawa/
🚃7 minutes walk from Kami-Nakazato Station on the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line
🚃7 minutes walk from Nishigahara Station (N15) on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
🚃12 minutes walk from Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote Line
🚃18 minutes walk from Asukayama Station on the Toden Arakawa Line
🚌Kitaku Community Bus (Oji/Komagome Route) every 20 minutes
🚌5 minutes from JR Komagome Station, 16 minutes from JR Oji Station
Get off at the “Kyu-Furukawa Teien” bus stop and it’s a short walk
🚘️No parking available
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Kyu-Furukawa Teien／旧古河庭園
Utilizing the topography of the Musashino Plateau’s slopes and lowlands, a Western-style house was built on the small hill on the north side, a Western-style garden on the slope, and a Japanese garden in the lowland, creating a characteristic harmony between the Japanese and Western gardens.
This garden was originally the residence of Count Mutsu Munemitsu, a prominent figure of the Meiji era, but after his second son was adopted into the Furukawa family, it became the property of the Furukawa family, though the buildings from that time no longer exist.
The designer of the current Western-style house and Western-style garden was Dr. Josiah Conder, a British architect, who also designed the Western-style house of the former Iwasaki-tei Garden, the Rokumeikan, and the Nikolai Cathedral, making significant contributions to the Japanese architectural world.
The creator of the Japanese garden was Jihei Ogawa VII, also known as Ueji, a gardener from Kyoto. In addition to this garden, he also designed the Mu-rin-an, the Kyoto villa of Aritomo Yamagata, the Heian Jingu Shrine Garden, Maruyama Park, and the villa gardens of business leaders around Nanzenji Temple.
After World War II, ownership was transferred to the state, but following local requests, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government borrowed it from the state free of charge and opened it to the public.
It is a valuable example that retains the prototype of a rare early Taisho era garden, and it is an excellent and representative example of the wonderful harmony between Japanese and Western styles achieved through the fusion of traditional methods and modern technology.
It is an important example as one of the few modern gardens that are extremely well-preserved, and it has been designated as a National Site of Scenic Beauty under the Cultural Properties Protection Law.
📍1-27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo
📲https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-furukawa/
🚃7 minutes walk from Kami-Nakazato Station on the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line
🚃7 minutes walk from Nishigahara Station (N15) on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
🚃12 minutes walk from Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote Line
🚃18 minutes walk from Asukayama Station on the Toden Arakawa Line
🚌Kitaku Community Bus (Oji/Komagome Route) every 20 minutes
🚌5 minutes from JR Komagome Station, 16 minutes from JR Oji Station
Get off at the “Kyu-Furukawa Teien” bus stop and it’s a short walk
🚘️No parking available
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Kyu Shiba Rikyu Onshi Teien（旧芝離宮恩賜庭園）
In 1979, it was designated as a ‘Place of Scenic Beauty’ by the national government under the Cultural Properties Protection Law.
1-4-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
03-3434-4029
https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-shiba-rikyu/
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