Best parks and nature in Bunkyō-ku (JP)

Ueno Park is most popular around 1 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 3 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Rikugien Gardens is most popular around 1 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 1.5 hours here. It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

休園：12月29日～1月1日 無料入園日：都民の日、みどりの日 小石川後楽園と並ぶ、江戸の二大庭園の1つ。五代将軍・綱吉の側用人、柳澤吉保がこの地を賜り、美しく造成した庭園を持つ下屋敷を造りました。園名は『詩経』の六義から名づけられました。桂離宮の庭園の様式を採用した回遊式築山泉水庭園で、特別名勝に指定されています。 Along with Koishikawa Korakuen, this is one of the two great Edo gardens. Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa, a close aide of the fifth Shogun Tsunayoshi, constructed a townhouse which has a beautifully developed garden in the field that he received. The garden was named after Rikugi of “Shikyo” (poetry).

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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is most popular around 12 PM on Mondays. It's most quiet on Fridays.

水戸徳川家の上屋敷内の庭で、初代藩主・頼房が着手、二代・光圀が完成させました。回遊式築山泉水庭園で、随所に中国的趣向を凝らしています。「後楽園」の名は、『岳陽楼記』の中にある「天下の憂いに先じて憂い、天下の楽しみに後れて楽しむ」から付けられました。 The garden was in residence of the Mito Tokugawa family. The primary lord Yorifusa started to build it, and the second lord Mitsukuni completed the construction. This pond garden, which is full of Chinese flavor, is in the go around style (Kaiyu style) with small artificial hills.

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Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Gardens is most popular around 1 PM on Fridays. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

【来園される皆様へ】旧岩崎邸庭園は建物および敷地全体が国の重要文化財に指定されています。この貴重な文化財を保存継承し、ご来園の皆さまに安心して気持ち良くお過ごしいただくため、利用の際のルールを設けております。 詳細はこちら：https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/news/2024/park_info_1.html

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Koishikawa Botanical Garden is most popular around 1 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 2 hours here. It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

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Higo-Hosokawa Garden is most popular around 2 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

・休園日は12月28日~1月4日 江戸時代末期に、熊本藩主・細川家の 下屋敷だった場所にあり、台地の起伏 を活かし、立体的眺望を持った見事な 池泉回遊式庭園です。 大正時代に建 てられ、細川家の学問所として使われた 「松聲閣」は、歴史性を生かして改修さ れ、2016年にリニューアル。 建物・庭園とも 無料で見学できます。 This is the place where a second house of the Kumamoto domain lord, the Hosokawa family in the late Edo period was. It is a stunning pond garden with small artificial hills in the go around style, which you can enjoy the stereoscopic view. It was created by using the relief of the plateau fully.

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