The following year, it was granted to Tokyo City as a memorial to the marriage of the Crown Prince (Emperor Showa), and after the restoration and maintenance of the garden area, it was opened to the public.
It is said that when Tadato built his residence, he called a gardener from his domain, Odawara, to create the garden. The garden was called ‘Rakujuen.’
It is a garden that well expresses the characteristics of a strolling-style pond garden that conveys the tastes of the Edo period with its bold rock arrangements.
In 1961, the Western-style house and the billiard room were designated as Important Cultural Properties, and in 1969, the main hall of the Japanese-style house, along with the sleeve wall east of the Western-style house, and in 1999, the entire site including the brick wall and the measured drawings were each designated as Important Cultural Properties.
