japan Tokyo Bunkyo Rikugien Garden

Rikugien Garden which is a traditional Japanese garden, located exactly in Hon-komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, has it all-the right place for sightseeing ,parks & gardens.
It features a teahouse and man-made inclines, as well as ponds teeming with carp and turtles. Rikugien Garden open daily 9 am-5 pm (last entrance 4:30 pm). Closed year-end and New Year's holidays. It costs ¥300 adults.
Rikugi-en has been counted as one of two excellent gardens of the Edo period together with Koishikawa Koraku-en.This garden is a typical Daimyo garden called a Kaiyuu pond garden with hills and ponds.

The name, Rikugi-en, came from "six elements of Waka poems" that had been derived from "six styles of poems" written in the old Chinese poetry book "Mao-shi".

In this garden, a big pond with some islands is surrounded by trees and offering imitations of famous Japanese beautiful spots such as Wakanoura in Kishuu(Wakayama Prefecture). The garden became the property of Iwasaki family of Mitsubishi group and was contributed to Tokyo city and opened to the public in 1938. Rikugi-en was appointed as special beauty spot of Japan in 1953.

Tourists can access there by 7 minutes walk from Komagome Station of JR Yamanote Line and Tokyo-metro Nanboku Line or 10 minutes walk from Sengoku Station of Toei Subway Mita Line.