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 […]
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Kiyosumi Teien（清澄庭園） The story tells, that the Kiyosumi garden was once part of the businessman Kinokuniya Bunzaemons property, who lived during the Edo Period (1603 – 1868). However, during the Meiji period (1868 – 1912), the Garden was remodeled by Iwasaki Yataro, the founder of Mitsubishi. Iwasaki purchased several gardens, but Kiyosumi garden was his stage to showcase special stones, […]
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Kyu-Furukawa Teien（旧古河庭園） The Western-style mansion in the Kyu-Furukawa garden was built by Josiah Conder in 1917. The adjacent garden was designed by him as well. The Japanese-style garden in the lower area of the garden was constructed by the famous Kyoto garden designer Ogawa Jihei. This garden is famous for: The rose garden The Japanese wax tree in fall The […]
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