Best parks and nature in Toshima (JP)

It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

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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Koishikawa Botanical Garden is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

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

・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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Nanushinotaki Park is most popular around 1 PM on Tuesdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Edogawa Park is most popular around 12 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay 20 min to 1 hr here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

関口台地の南斜面、神田川沿いに広がる東西に細長い公園。川沿いにソメイヨシノが植えられており、春は多くの花見客で賑わいます。藤棚のあるテラスや重量感のある石が配されている御影石の広場、西洋風の山小屋をイメージした時計搭のあるあずまやなどが楽しめます。テラス先の石組みの池は、神田上水取り入れ口に使用されていた大洗堰を復元しています。 On the southern slope of the Sekiguchi plateau, a long and narrow park extending along the Kanda River in the east and west. Somei Yoshino cherry tree is planted along the river, and it is crowded with many visitors in spring.

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Ōtsuka Park is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1 hour here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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