Meeting Point

At your hotel

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

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

2．Happo-En's Japanese Garden

You can see Bonsai and varicolored carps in this garden, nice place for lunch, too.

3.Koishikawa Korakuen Garden

This garden used to be the mansion of Mito Tokugawa, wonderful atmosphere in the middle of Tokyo. (Admission: 300 JPY)

4. Rikugien Garden

This is a typical strolling type Japanese garden in Edo period made by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu who loved Japanese old poems. (Admission: 300 JPY)

5.Hamarikyu Garden

This garden used to be the duck hunting field of the Tokugawa shoguns with salt water ponds and a 300 year old pine tree. (Admission: 300 JPY)

6.Ninomaru Garden of the Imperial Palace

This garden used to be the inner garden of Edo castle, which is renovated based on a picture in early Edo period. This is a typical strolling type Japanese garden and its original was made by Ensu Kobori who was a high ranking samurai. He was a master of the tea ceremony and made many other Japanese gardens, too. (Admission free, closed on Mondays and Fridays)

7. Hotel New Otani's Japanese garden

Wonderful garden with a marvelous waterfall. (Admission free)

8. Inner Garden of Meiji Shrine

A quiet garden with a teahouse and pond. There is a ground water well made by Kiyomasa during the early Edo period, which is a famous spiritual power spot. Recommended to visit in late June for iris flowers and the autumn leaves in November. (Admission: 500 JPY)

Ending Point

At your hotel