Rikugien Garden

It is a manageable visit even for older people due to its compact size flat terrain and several stopping points throughout.

Rikugien garden. The construction took seven years. Rikugien 六義園 is often considered tokyo s most beautiful japanese landscape garden alongside koishikawa korakuen built around 1700 for the 5th tokugawa shogun rikugien literally means six poems garden and reproduces in miniature 88 scenes from famous poems. Location 6 16 3 hon komagome bunkyo ku tokyo 113 0021 access jr tokyo metro namboku line komagome station 7 minutes on foot toei mita line sengoku station 10 minutes on foot.

The gardens were originally founded by yoshiyasu yanagisawa an edo period samurai. Rikugien garden is also spectacular in spring where pink cherry blossom trees accentuate the lush greenery of the surroundings. It is a manageable visit even for older people due to its compact size flat terrain and several stopping points throughout.

If visiting in autumn or spring consider spending an entire day exploring these seasonally gorgeous attractions. I visited rikugien with my mother and nephew in december. This garden was constructed by yanagisawa yoshiyasu who was a sobayounin lord chamberlain of the 5th shogun tokugawa tsunayoshi.

I visited rikugien with my mother and nephew in december. Rikugien is one of the famous daimyo garden from the edo period located near komagome station. A pond is placed in the center of the garden for people to stroll around.

Rikugien garden is open from 9 00 17 00. The garden is a good example of an edo period strolling garden and features a large central pond surrounded by manmade hills and. The gardens consist of a small pond trees and a hill.

This is a very manageable beautiful example of a japanese garden. Rikugien garden was established with a landscaping technique called kaiyu shiki tsukiyama sensui teien. This is a very manageable beautiful example of a japanese garden.