Japanese Gardens

Hamarikyu Gardens, Chuo-ku

Located at the mouth of the Sumida River. It was opened April 1, 1946 and was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century.

Taken by Orzugul Babakhodjaeva

Taken by Miyuki Yano

Taken by Mayu Takeda

Taken by Sakurako Sato

Taken by Mayu Takeda

Taken by Ana Kontic Taken by Jelena Jeremic

Sankei-en, Yokohama

A traditional Japanese-style garden which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader.

Taken on December 2, 2017 by Masami Nagase

Taken by Mayu Takeda

Rikugien Garden, Bunkyo-ku

Rikugi (六義) means the Six Principles of Poetry which comes from the idea of the six elements in waka (和歌, a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature).

Taken by Kiyoshi Hayano

Taken by Tsubasa Tanihata

Taken by Hiroko Sakamoto

Taken by Mayu Takeda

Higo-Hosokawa Garden, Bunkyo-ku

Formerly the second home of Hosokawa, one of Japanese samurai kin groups and the head of the Kumamoto (Higo) domain, at the end of the Edo Period, the premises later became the main residence of the Hosokawa family.

Taken by Hidetoshi Toyoshima

Kumamoto bamboo lanterns produced by CHIKAKEN

Taken by Megumi Johjima

Happo-en Garden, Minato-ku

It was built in the early 17th century. In 1915, the industrialist Fusanosuke Kuhara remodeled the garden and built most of today’s buildings. It serves mainly as a backdrop for traditional Japanese wedding parties and banquets.

Taken by Tijana Zdravkovic

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Shinjuku-ku/Shibuya-ku

It was originally a residence of the Naito family in the Edo period. Afterwards, it became a garden under the management of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan.

Taken by Isao Tokuhashi

Taken by Eriko Takeda

Taken by Hai Trieu

Kiyosumi Garden, Koto-ku

It’s said to be the site of the residence of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon, the famous Edo era business magnate. In 1878, Iwasaki Yataro, the founder of Mitsubishi, acquired the land for use as a garden, and it opened as a garden in 1880 under the name of “Fukagawa Shimbokuen.”

Taken by Chigusa Shimada