Hamarikyu Garden (Tokyo)

Japan / Tokio / Tokyo / Hama-rikyu-teien, 1-1
 park, garden, interesting place
Former Tokugawa Shogun family hunting grounds - now a beautiful bayside park in Tokyo
The park represents the Edo period Shioiri-no-ike pond, and two duck ponds (the latter had channels to which ducks were scared in, to be caught by nets). The Shioiri pond is designed to feature a landscape that changes along with the ebb and low of the tides; these are the only tidewater ponds which still remain in Tokyo.

www.tokyo-park.or.jp/english/park/detail_04.html#hamari...
www.date-navi.com/park/hamarikyuu.html

Admission: adult 600yen, discount 60 yen
Open 09:00-17:00, entrance until 16:30
Closed from 29 December to 01 January
Phone 03-3541-0200
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamarikyu_Gardens
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Coordinates:   35°39'36"N   139°45'49"E

Comments

  • Nice place to walk around, but the park itself is surprisingly unkept - grass and such is not that well cared for. But a great place to check out nonetheless.
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