3 mins | 20 Feb 2025
Hidden among Tokyo’s bright lights and exciting sounds are calm garden sanctuaries. Worlds of new and old meet where a modern skyline flows over soft cherry blossoms, calm ponds, and enchanting teahouses. During a voyage to Japan, you can leave your worries behind and relax in one of Tokyo’s magnificent gardens.
Shinjuku Gyoen is considered the crown jewel of Tokyo’s park system. A variety of gardens throughout the park showcase a wide range of aesthetic trends. The English landscape, French formal, and Japanese traditional gardens are all represented in a park of less than one square mile in size. When the cherry blossoms bloom in the spring, tourists may enjoy a spectacular show. On an excursion to Shinjuku, you can explore the district on your own. Spend some time admiring Shinjuku Gyoen, then, if you want to get back to the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, visit one of the department stores, bookstores, cafes, or retail malls that surround the park.
Koishikawa Korakuen, constructed in 1629 during the Edo Period, is one of the city’s oldest gardens. Visitors will love strolling around the medieval grounds, which include three stunning ponds surrounded by Japanese maples. The rest of Koishikawa Korakuen is equally pleasant, with an extensive variety of plants. From February to December, there’s usually something blooming, such as cherry blossoms and iris.
Hara Sankei, a silk merchant, designed the Sankeien Gardens, which have appealing walks, rivers, a pond, beautiful flowers, and restored historically significant structures from Kyoto, Kamakura, and other locations. On an excursion, you can have a guided tour of these stunning gardens and the collection of ancient buildings they house.
The Hamarikyu Gardens, located on the banks of the Sumida River in downtown Tokyo, have ever-changing landscape due to the park’s tidal seawater ponds. A quaint teahouse greets visitors on its tiny island at the southern tip of the garden, with a view of lush vegetation blending with the towering Shiodome commercial district. Even among the garden’s exquisite plum, maple, and ginkgo trees, a 300-year-old pine tree stands out as the arboreal gem. Visitors may get a close look at the pine’s broad limbs, which droop low to reinforce its powerful image.
A visit to the Rikugien Gardens begins with a simple trek along a woody dirt path until a stunning clearing opens, revealing the garden’s real grandeur. A big pond serves as the garden’s focal point, surrounded by man-made hills connected by trails that carry visitors through the gardens, woodland regions, and extensive lawns to many public teahouses. Guests who visit Rikugien in the autumn are in for a unique treat, as the park is lighted in the evening to highlight the stunning foliage of the blossoming maple trees.
Tokyo’s remarkable garden culture combines long-standing traditions with new designs to create scenes that honor the past while looking ahead to the future. This mindset helps individuals from all over the world to feel their troubles melt away as they walk through Tokyo’s verdant parks.
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