Best things to do Toshima (JP)

Rikugien Gardens is most popular around 2 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 1.5 hours here. It's most quiet on Thursdays.

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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Asukayama Park is most popular around 2 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 1.5 hours here.

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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is most popular around 1 PM on Sundays. 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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Kyu-Furukawa Gardens is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

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Ikebukuro Nishi-guchi Park is most popular around 3 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Minami-Ikebukuro Park is most popular around 2 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

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