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Wonderful Japanese Gardens in Tokyo

1. Kiyosumi Garden (Pond with a guest house)

1. Kiyosumi Garden (Pond with a lot of carps and t

1. Kiyosumi Garden (Collection of Japanese rocks)

2. Happo-En's Japanese Garden (Bonsai of 500 years old pine tree)

2. Happo-En's Japanese Garden (Varicolored carps in the pond)

3. Koishikawa Korakuen Garden (Main pond)

3. Koishikawa Korakuen Garden (Iris flowers in June)

3. Koishikawa Korakuen Garden (Inner pond)

4. Rikugien Garden (Stone bridge named Ugetsu-kyo)

4. Rikugien Garden (Main pond with views of Japanese poems)

4. Rikugien Garden

5. Hamarikyu Garden (Main pond with a tea house)

5. Hamarikyu Garden (The 300 years old pine tree)

6. Shinjuku-gyoen Garden

7. Hotel New Otani's Japanese Garden (Water fall)

7. Hotel New Otani's Japanese Garden (Dry landscape garden)

8.Shunka-en Bonsai Museum

9. Ex-Furukawa Garden

9. Ex-Furukawa Garden (Dry waterfall)

9. Ex-Furukawa Garden (Kyoto style tea house)

Wonderful Japanese Gardens in Tokyo

Nature & Outdoor

Joined 2014

Yuki K.

4.80 / 5

(423 reviews)

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Tokyo

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6 hours

Private tour (only you and Yuki K.)

Up to 5 people

This tour is for those interested in Japanese gardens in Tokyo. Please read their description in the general itinerary and choose three gardens. I will arrange a specific itinerary, including lunch, depending on the location of your hotel and your favorite foods.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

10:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel

- I will meet you near the reception. I will show your name on my iPad. I will contact you via WhatsApp, so please have your phone ready. We can find our phone numbers at the bottom of the itinerary two days before the tour date.

Choose three Gardens to go from the following list in the order of my recommendation.

I will propose an itinerary considering the location of your hotel.

1. Kiyosumi Garden

Kiyosumi Garden: This garden used to be the garden of Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, famous for its collection of Japanese stones with lots of birds. (Admission: 300 JPY)

URL: https://honyaku.j-server.com/LUCTMPA/ns/tl.cgi/https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kiyosumi/index.html?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XJSID=0

2 Happo-en's Japanese Garden

Happo-en's Japanese Garden: This garden used to be the residence of Samurai named Hikozaemon Okubo.

In 1915, Fusanosuke Kuhara started a guest house to welcome foreign businessmen.

He was the founder of many Japanese company such as Hitachi and Nissan.

Happo-en is now successful in wedding party business with this well-maintained garden.

You can see very old Bonsai and varicolored carps in this garden.

URL: https://happo-en.com/garden/?wovn=en

3. Koishikawa Koraku-en Garden

Koishikawa Koraku-en Garden: This garden was made in 1626 by Yorifusa Tokugawa who was one of the brothers of Shogun during Edo period. It is a typical stroll type Japanese garden for samurai lords with the scenery of lake Biwa, Ohi river, and Kiso river. It has a wonderful atmosphere in the middle of Tokyo. (Admission: 300 JPY)

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4. Rikugi-en Garden

Rikugi-en Garden: This is a typical strolling type Japanese garden in Edo period made by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu who loved Japanese old poems. He was a favorite assistant of 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa.

He wanted to reproduce the scenes of Japanese poems.

There are 88 sceneries from the old collection of Japanese poems.

(Admission: 300 JPY)

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5. Hamarikyu Garden

Hamarikyu Garden: This garden used to be the duck hunting field of the Tokugawa Shoguns during Edo period. There are beautiful ponds with salt water, renovated hunting hedges, rest houses, flower field, and a huge 300-year-old pine tree. (Admission: 300 JPY)

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6. Shinjyuku-gyeon Garden

Shinjuku-gyoen Garden: This garden used to be a duck hunting field for samurai lords and the Emperor. This garden is next to Shinjuku area, very large, so many kinds of trees and has a well maintained Japanese garden. It is very popular in the spring with many kinds of cherry blossoms. (Admission: 500 JPY including the guide, closed on Mondays)

https://fng.or.jp/shinjuku/en/

7. Hotel New Otani's Japanese garden

Hotel New Otani's Japanese garden: This garden was made and maintained by the high-end hotel, which is open to public for free. It is a compact and wonderful garden with a marvelous waterfall. It has a dry landscape garden, too. (Admission free)

URL: https://www.newotani.co.jp/en/tokyo/

8. Shunka-en Bonsai Museum

Bonsai is the living art of trees with moss in a flowerpot.

This museum is operated by famous bonsai creator "Kunio Kobayashi".

You can appreciate so many bonsai master peaces in the garden and in the rooms.

(Admission 2,000 JPY/person, including the guide, closed on Mondays)

https://kunio-kobayashi.com/en/index.html

9. Ex-Furukawa Garden

This property used to be the residence of Furukawa family during Meiji period.

There are Japanese, western rose gardens, and the western style old mansion.

The Japanese garden was bult by Jihey- Ogawa a famous gardener in Kyoto.

You can see many stone lanterns in the garden, dry water fall, and Kyoto style tea house with a moss garden.

This garden is not so popular yet, so is very quiet.

(admission: 150 JPY, 70 JPY over 65)

https://honyaku.j-server.com/LUCTMPA/ns/tl.cgi/https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-furukawa/?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XJSID=0

Ending Point

At your hotel

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide fee,

Hotel pick up

Transportation cost of the guide within Tokyo

What‘s not included

Transportation cost of you (about 1,000 JPY per person within Tokyo)

Transportation cost of the guide outside of Tokyo (If you stay outside of Tokyo such as Disneyland.)

Lunch cost of you and the guide, entrance fee (described in each place in highlights, free for the guide)

Tour Important Information

We will walk a lot as these are strolling type gardens; about 20,000 steps a day.

- The tour guide is not available on Monday.

- Please, send a direct message to the tour guide for confirming the availability before booking

Not available on Mondays.

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Joined 2014

Yuki K.

4.80 / 5

(423 reviews)

Identity Verified

Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Yuki K.

I was born and grew up in Yokohama. I used to work in Tokyo for more than 20 years. I became the National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter in English in 2013. At first, I had attended a volunteer group which provided a tour of the Imperial Palace East Gardens until 2015. I guided more than fifty times in the garden as a volunteer and studied about Japanese history and culture. Based on this experience, I became a tour guide of this online site in 2015.

Since then, I have guided more than 500 tours in Tokyo as well as Yokohama, Kamakura, Hakone, Kyoto, Nikko, etc., while improving my tours. My tours are very flexible and I always do my best to customize them according to the interests of my guests. I studied about the places and will provide you knowledge to appreciate them deeper than just visiting there by yourself or a member of big group tours. I like foods and I know many restaurants which provide typical Japanese lunch with reasonable price without waiting too long. Therefore, I am sure that I can provide you the best tours customized to your interests. It will be my great pleasure to help you to enjoy your stay in Japan. So please be my guest!!

Reviews

Teresa D.

5 / 5

May 15, 2026

Private Day Tour to Hakone – Scenic Highlights & Mt. Fuji Views (Weather Permitting)

May 15, 2026

Hakone

11 hours 30 mins

“Five stars Guide”

Yuki was absolutely excellent. He was always incredibly helpful, kind, and flexible, adapting the plans to our preferences and pace throughout the trip. He organized our days very efficiently, allowing us to make the most of our time in the city without stress or unnecessary wasted time. In addition to having great knowledge of Tokyo, he gave us many useful suggestions during the day, explained aspects of Japanese culture, and helped us discover places we probably would not have found on our own. Communication was always easy and quick, even before the trip. It was a very well-organized experience that made our stay even more special. We highly recommend him without hesitation.

Yuki K.

Dear Teresa, Thank you for your review. You took three tours of mine in Tokyo and to Hakone. I tried my best to show you Mt. Fuji from Hakone but she has been hidden like the Buddha in Asakusa except the trace of her bottom. I took my favorite restaurants for our lunch and it's an important part of my tours. Please enjoy your visit to Kyoto, tomorrow. I hope my information is useful to appreciate the Shines and Temples in Kyoto. Thank you very much for taking my tours.

Harriet L.

5 / 5

May 13, 2026

Haneda Airport Pick-up by trains & Travel Assistance

Wonderful Japanese Gardens in Tokyo

Itinerary

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Inclusions & Exclusions

Tour Important Information

Cancellation Policy

About Tour Guide Yuki K.

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