Wonderful Japanese Gardens in Tokyo
Joined 2014
There are many Japanese Gardens in Tokyo, many of which used to be a part of Samurai mansions. This tour is for those who want to visit Japanese gardens.You can choose three gardens from the list of gardens shown in the itinerary.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel
- I will meet you near the reception. I will show your name on my iPad.
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（Closed until Oct. 1,2025)
You can see Bonsai and varicolored carps in this garden, nice place for lunch, too.
3. Koishikawa Koraku-en Garden
This garden used to be the mansion of Mito Tokugawa, wonderful atmosphere in the middle of Tokyo. (Admission: 300 JPY)
4. Rikugi-en 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. 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)
7. Hotel New Otani's Japanese garden
Wonderful garden with a marvelous waterfall. (Admission free)
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)
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)
Ending Point
At your hotel
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee,
Hotel pick up
Transportation cost of the guide within Tokyo
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
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 more deeply than just visiting there by yourself or a member of 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
Anthony C.
“Golden Rout Tour with Yuki”
We picked one of the hottest days of the year to tour from Shinjuku to Kyoto on the bullet train. Yuki was an amazing guide very informative and very professional and tried very hard to keep us cool. The fact is we couldn’t have achieved our goals without Yuki’s knowledge and guidance. Highly recommended Yuki as a personal guide.
Yuki K.
Dear Anthony Thank you for writing the review of my Kyoto tour. It was my 88th tour of Kyoto so everything should be going well. It was a hot summer day but we visited Fushimi Shrine with numerous gates, Arashiyama area with Tenryu-ji Temple and Bamboo forest, and the golden pavilion. Please enjoy your stay in Japan. Yuki
Katja W.
“Absolutely amazing tour”
Thank you so much Yuki! Yuki was perfect. He was absolutely amazing and reliable. And even as we had rain on the day of the tour it was the highlight of our trip in Tokyo. Communication was easy and he helped us so much to make the best of the day! He did his very best to organize our day. I texted him in advance that we would like to ride the Shinkansen. He organized everything und met us in time at the hotel lobby. After the train we had the most amazing lunch at Tsukiji fish market! I highly recommend booking Yuki ! Thank you so much!
Yuki K.
Dear Katja, Thank you for your great review of my Tokyo tour. It was a unique tour just taking the Shinkansen to/from Odawara. The view was very impressive when other Shinkansens passing by the station with their full speed. We were lucky to have sushi lunch at my favorite place in Tsukiji without waiting so long. Then we visited Samurai museum at Asakusa. Everything went well even though it was raining. Thank you for taking my tour. Yuki
Lesley B.
“Fantastic first day in Tokyo”
Just finished a lovely day with Yuki and I couldn’t think of a better way for my family to spend our first day in Tokyo. He added local and historical context to make our visit more meaningful. He also pointed out food stops we may have overlooked on our own. Yuki was acommodating of the needs of everyone in the group and answered all my questions beforehand. Highly recommended if you want to get a local view of the city!
Yuki K.
Dear Lesley, Thank you for the nice review of my Tokyo tour. We visited Meiji Shrine and Fukagawa Fudo Temple. You were very lucky to see the water lily and Iris flowers in full bloom at the shrine. The fire ceremony at the temple was very impressive. The rain was not so hard and made our tour more attractive. Thank you for taking my tour. Yuki
$205/ per group
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