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Special Place of Scenic Beauty English ／英語 For Stamping Rikugien Gardens Special Place of Scenic Beauty Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. ■Garden inauguration October 16, 1938 ■Area Winter sweet Hydrangea serratapferi Rikugien Gardens 87,809.41㎡ Camellia Hydrangea macrophyl FLOWER CALENDER ■Hours Open from 9am to 5pm Plum blossom Evergreen magnolia Rikugien Gardens (Entry closed at 4:30pm) Macrocarpium Hydrangea involucrata ※Closing hour may be extended during event period, etc. Magnolia Kobus Crape myrtle ■Closed Weeping cherry tree Hagi (Lespedeza) Year-end holidays (December 29 to January 1) Graceful daimyo garden filled with refined mind of Waka poetry ■Free admission days Yoshino cherry blossom Cluster amaryllis Green Day (May 4) Wild cherry blossom Sasanque (Camellia sasanque) Citizen’s Day (October 1) ■Guided tour (Free)(Japanese) Kerriajaponica Japanese beauty berry (fruit) Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays Idesia polycsarpa Maxim (Twice a day from 11am and 2pm) Rhododendron dilatatum/Enkianthus perulatus (autumnal tints) 【Contact】 Rhododendron kaempferi/Rhododendron obtusum Japanese wax tree (autumnal tints) Rikugien Garden Office Maple Rhododendron indicum (autumnal tints) Tel: 03-3941-2222 6-16-3 Hon-Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 〒113-0021 Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi Yukitsuri and Fuyugakoi Group Annual passport Annual passport (Winter plant protection) (Winter plant protection) Individual (20 or more) (Rikugien) (Common for 9 gardens) Bloom time can vary depending on yearly weather conditions etc. General ￥300 ￥240 ￥1,200 ￥4,000 Admission 65 or over ￥150 ￥120 ￥600 ￥2,000 Elementary school students or under, and junior high students residing or studying in Tokyo are admitted free Admission Holders of the one of the following and their attendant are admitted free:identification booklet for the free physically handicapped, Ai-no-techo (for the mentally handicapped), mental disability certificate, or mental education and treatment certificate. Welcome to Cultural Heritage Gardens Rikugien/Kyu-Furukawa Gardens combination ticket: ¥４００ ①Morning ②Afternoon ③Whole day Every Tokyo Metropolitan garden is designated either as cultural heritage 9：00～12：00 12：30～16：00 9：00～16：00 Shinsen-tei, all rooms (25) ￥4,800 ￥4,800 ￥9,600 of the state or Tokyo, combining history/culture/nature that has continued on Meeting rooms ￥ ￥ ￥ from the Edo, Meiji and Taisho eras. for rent Shinsen-tei ,Matsu, Tsutsuji-no-ma (17) 3,600 3,600 7,200 Shinsen-tei, Momiji-no-ma (8) ￥1,200 ￥1,200 ￥2,400 They are valuable properties that have survived disasters including; the Gishun-tei, Tea room (5) ￥7,400 ￥7,400 ￥14,800 Great Kanto Earthquake, war damage, as well as progressing urbanization, ※Reservations are accepted from 10:00am of the day 6 months before. and your kind understanding and cooperation is much appreciated in order ※The rent does not include admission fee. to allow such important properties to be left to prosper in better conditions. Oji ↑Kyu Furukawa Gardens 【Access】 Somei Cemetry Ueno 《Train》 JR Yamanote Line, Komagome 【Request from the garden】 Komagome Sta. Komagome Sta. Sta. (South Exit) ○ Please refrain from entering with Namboku Line, 9 Metropolitan Cultural pets, collecting plants and animals Itabashi Entrance Komagome Sta. (2nd Exit) Hongo-dori Heritage Gardens Sugamo Sta. (Somei-mon) 7 minutes on foot to Front Gate from the garden, use of mats and ※Temporarily opened for events, etc. Ueno 2 minutes on foot to Someimon bringing of alcoholic beverages. Sugamo Sta. Gate Rikugien Kamifuji-mae Intersection ○Smoking is not allowed in the Hama-rikyu Gardens ※ This gate is temporarily opened Ikebukuro Entrance Toyo Bunko (Front Gate) for events, etc. garden. Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Gardens Hakusan-dori Namboku Line ○There are certain places where the Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens Komagome Police Station Toei Mita Line, Sengoku Sta. (A3 taking of photos and sketches are not Rikugien Gardens Exit) allowed. This is for the protection of 10 minutes on foot to Front Gate Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens Sengoku Kichijoji the buildings and the landscapes, and Hakusan-dori ※ Sta. Kyu-Hakusan-dori Hon-Komagome Sta. Parking is not available. your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens Shinobazu-dori

○You may not appreciate some Kiyosumi Gardens Ikebukuro 18 minutes on foot to Kyu-Furukawa Gardens Korakuen Hongo places as cultural heritages Kyu-Furukawa Gardens may require regular repair Tonogayato Gardens Designated Administrator Public Interest Incorporated Foundation works for preservation. http://teien.tokyo-park.or.jp/en/index.html 16.5 Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association

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The origin of the garden name Fujishiro-toge Garden of Waka poetry The name “Rikugien” derives from the six classifications of Waka poetry, namely auxiliary poem, counting poem, comparing poem, example poem and This is the highest Rikugien is a kaiyu-style (circuit style) daimyo garden with celebration poem that was advocated in the preface of Kokinshu (a collection manmade hill of 35m, whose manmade hills and ponds that reflect tastes and flavor of the of ancient and recent poems of the day), following the six classifications of the top is called “Fujimi-yama” world of Waka poetry, and it was constructed in 1702 by the lord Chinese poems. While the garden was called “Mukusa-no-sono” in Japanese (Fuji-view peak) from where of Kawagoe domain, Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu who was deeply way in “Rikugien-ki” edited by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu himself, it is now read you can enjoy fantastic trusted by the 5th shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. This delicate as “Rikugien” with Chinese pronunciation. panoramic view. The name and genial garden provides viewing pleasure of changing sights was taken from a mountain strolling along the routes that surround the pond. pass of the same name in This is a typical and representative daimyo garden of Edo Kishu (present Wakayama

period that remains, and it became the second residence of the Komagome Sta. Komagome Prefecture). founder of Mitsubishi, Iwasaki Yataro in ↑ the Meiji era. Later, it was donated by the Iwasaki family to the City of Tokyo in 1938. This garden is a valuable cultural heritage Maple trees Usually closed that was designated as the Special Places of Someimon-Gate Sasagani-no-michi Scenic Beauty of the country in 1953 as a Tsutsuji-chaya In ancient days, spiders were called “sasagani”, and special site of exceptional beauty. Yamakage- the name was given to this narrow path in analogy Zazen-seki no-hashi Zenkei-no-nagare with thin spider net Suiko-no-e Sasagani-no-michi Tsutsuji-chaya Maple trees Former site of Azalea Fujishiro-toge Ginka-tei Fukiage-no-mine This teahouse was built Fujinami-no-hashi Togetsukyo

using used wood materials Azalea path) horse of site (former Senrijyo of azalea in the Meiji era. A stone bridge that was Kamome-bashi It managed to escape Former site of named after a famous damage during the war, Asibe-chaya poem, “Shadow of the moon moving at night and passing on its rare style to Fukiage- Togetsukyo the present day. Autumnal Fukiage-no-matsu chaya cry of a crane in mash of Hanatoukomichi Kinokawa tints of maple leaves are Fukiage-no-hama reed in the shore of Waka, splendid. Naka-no-shima makes me feel so lonely”. Sekirei-seki Former site of Massive two large slabs of Shikube-no-oka Daisensui ※No passable stones give a distinctive Imo-no-yama/Se-no-yama Nii-tamamatsu Garyu-seki Eika-seki Tazu-no-hashi Hydrangea effect to the surrounding atmosphere. Kataonami Lespedeza Chidori-bashi Horai-jima Takimi-chaya Sekichu Waka-no-ura Kinokawa-kami A mountain stream Shirube-no-oka Tamamo-no-iso Deshio-no- minato Rest facility/Store runs beside the arbor, Takimi-chaya Imo-no-yama/Se-no-yama falling through rocks Mizuwake-ishi Two manmade hills located at Naka-no-shima, an with splash. From the islet in the pond. The hills represent man-woman arbor, you can enjoy relationship as “Se” and “Imo” meant “Man” and impressive views of the “Woman” in ancient expression. There is also waterfall, rock Shinsen-tei “Sekirei-seki” associated with a myth of Izanagi and formation as well as Izanami. sound of water. Weeping Cherry Tree

Gishun-tei Naitei-Daimon Sta. Hon-Komagome 0m 50m Deshio-no-minato This is the name for one of Sekichu the pond shores, which is Passable routes for wheel chairs rich in view perspective (Stone pillar) with Naka-no-shima to the Garden Office right, Horai-jima to the For each of the 88 beauty ←Sengoku Sta. left and Fukiage-no-hama spots inside the garden Entrance ↓ on the opposite shore. (Rikugien 88 spots), there Front Gate used to be a stone pillar respectively. However, only 32 of them have survived to date. Guided tour of the garden (in Japanese) Naitei-daimon We recommend you to take advantage of a guided tour with volunteers who can This gate allows a direct tell you about spots to see in the garden, story of Japanese garden and history access to the center of the as well as topics of Waka poetry, while strolling in the garden. garden. Nearby, a large Horai-jima * Twice a day from 11am and 2pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. tree of weeping cherry is This typical stone-made arch shaped islet is based on the main theme of Taoist immortality. Time required is approximately 60 minutes (free). planted in the open space.

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