Kyu-Shiba Rikyu Gardens (Tokyo)
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This is one of a pair of the feudal era gardens surviving in Tokyo (once Edo), along with the Koshikawa Korakuen Garden. The Shiba Detached Palace Garden is a classic, strolling, spring-fed pond-centered garden featuring rock and land formations. The land on which the garden is located was originally under the shallows of Edo Bay but reclaimed in 1655-1658 and in 1678 became the place of the official residence of Shogun Okubo Tadamoto. During the garden's long history it has several times changed owners until became the official residence of the Kishu branch of the Tokugawa family. In Meiji period (1871) it became the property of the Arisugawa-no-Miya family, and in 1875, it was purchased by the Imperial Household Agency and became the Shiba Detached palace. In the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the fire destroyed the palace buildings and virtually all trees. In 1924 the premises were given to Tokyo City, to commemorate the beginning of the Showa reign. The garden was restored and opened to public in April of the same year.
Entrance fee is 150 yen (adults); open from 9 AM to 5 PM (last entry 4:30 PM)
Google panorama: goo.gl/maps/TSgvEpPnabFgYL3k6
This is one of a pair of the feudal era gardens surviving in Tokyo (once Edo), along with the Koshikawa Korakuen Garden. The Shiba Detached Palace Garden is a classic, strolling, spring-fed pond-centered garden featuring rock and land formations. The land on which the garden is located was originally under the shallows of Edo Bay but reclaimed in 1655-1658 and in 1678 became the place of the official residence of Shogun Okubo Tadamoto. During the garden's long history it has several times changed owners until became the official residence of the Kishu branch of the Tokugawa family. In Meiji period (1871) it became the property of the Arisugawa-no-Miya family, and in 1875, it was purchased by the Imperial Household Agency and became the Shiba Detached palace. In the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the fire destroyed the palace buildings and virtually all trees. In 1924 the premises were given to Tokyo City, to commemorate the beginning of the Showa reign. The garden was restored and opened to public in April of the same year.
Entrance fee is 150 yen (adults); open from 9 AM to 5 PM (last entry 4:30 PM)
Google panorama: goo.gl/maps/TSgvEpPnabFgYL3k6
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°39'17"N 139°45'30"E
- Tatsumi-no-mori Seaside Park 4.5 km
- Kokyo (the Imperial Palace of Japan) 4.6 km
- Yokojikken River Park 5.7 km
- Yume no Shima Park 5.7 km
- Sendaibori River Park 5.8 km
- Umi no Mori 6.2 km
- Ueno Park 7.4 km
- Kasai Rinkai Park 8.5 km
- Inokashira Park 18 km
- Shin-Yokohama Park 21 km
- Minato 1.2 km
- Shibaura Wharf 1.6 km
- Tsukishima (island) 1.8 km
- Shibaura Island 1.9 km
- tokyo city bay 2.1 km
- Chuo 2.1 km
- Koto 4.5 km
- Shinagawa 5 km
- Tokyo Port 7.3 km
- Tokyo Bay 23 km
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