Hamarikyu Gardens
浜離宮恩賜庭園
A former Shogunate villa featuring Tokyo's only seawater pond, offering a peaceful contrast to the surrounding Shiodome skyscrapers.
What it is
- A public metropolitan garden designated as a Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty.
- Founded in 1654 as a villa for the Kofu clan.
- Served as a detached palace for the Tokugawa Shogunate before opening to the public in 1946.
- The site once housed Japan's first Western-style stone building for foreign guests.
What to see
- A seawater pond that rises and falls with the ocean tides.
- Four historic teahouses reconstructed to their original designs since the 1980s.
- Two traditional duck hunting grounds located within the garden grounds.
- Saltwater fish including mullet, sea bass, and eels living in the central pond.
- Modern views of the Shiodome skyscraper district surrounding the traditional landscape.
Getting there
- Water buses provide direct access via a landing point located inside the garden.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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