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Hama-rikyu Gardens -Spend a gracious time to feel delight at nature

This garden is a typical Daimyo(Japanese feudal lord) garden in the Edo period with a tidal pond(Shioiri-no-Ike) and two wild-duck hunting sites(Kamoba). A tidal pond means a pond that are infused with seawater in order to change flavor along a pond by flood changes time to time, of which style had been popularly used in coastal gardens in the Edo period. The whole pond had been reed fields and used for falconry site for Shogun families.
This garden is roughly divided into two areas, the south garden whose center is Daimyo garden and the north garden that had been developed after the Meiji period. After the Meiji Restoration, the garden became the detached palace of royal families and officially named Hamarikyu, which means a detached palace on the coast. In 1952,this garden was appointed as the Special Place of scenic beauty and the Special Historic Site, based on the Cultural Properties Protection Law of Japan.
Now the garden is surrounded by high-rise buildings of Shiodome business area, and contrast between the old and the new is superb.

■Hour: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (Entry by 4:30 P.M.)
■Admission: 300 yen per adult *Closed December 29th through January 1st.

  • 浜離宮恩賜庭園 Hama-rikyu Gardens
    Location: 1-1, Hama Rikyu-teien, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0046
    Access: Toei O-edo Line Shiodome Sta., Tsukiji-shijo Sta. or Yurikamome Shiodome Sta. (7 minutes on foot)
    JR or Tokyo Metro Ginza Line/Toei Asakusa Line, Shimbashi Sta. (10 minutes on foot)
    Boat: Suijo Bus (Asakusa—Hama-rikyu—Hinode-Sambashi)

* Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association