Koishikawa Korakuen

Koishikawa Kōrakuen （小石川後楽園）

The Koishikawa Korakuen garden is, maybe, the best example for an Edo period daimyō strolling garden.
Tokugawa Yorifusa, the eleventh child of Tokugawa Ieyasu and head of the Mito clan, started to build his residence and garden here. His son Tokugawa Mitsukuni completed it in 1669 as a garden with Japanese and Chinese elements.

This garden is famous for:

The vermillion bridge
The rice and iris paddies
The many Chinese elements and borrowed sceneries from all over Japan
The changing landscape within the garden

: The vermillion red bridge of Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.

: Sho-rozan’s perfectly trimmed bamboo-covered slopes.

: Colorful autumn scenery in the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.

: The old bridge in front of Sho-rozan in the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.

More information and a digital guidebook are available on the website of Real Japanese Gardens.