Tonogayato Garden (殿ヶ谷戸庭園) The Tonogayato Garden is a relatively new landscape garden. It was constructed between 1914 and 1916 (Taisho period) at the edge of the 25 km long Kokubunji rift line. The manager of the early Mitsubishi Group and later Vice-President of the South Manchurian Railway, Eguchi Sadae, bought the land in Kokubunji and has his garden and residence […]
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Kyū-Shibarikyū Garden （旧芝離宮庭園） The Kyu-Shibarikyu garden is most interesting because it was built on reclaimed land from Tokyo Bay in 1658. The daimyō Ōkubo Tadatomo had his residence here. Although it is an Edo period strolling garden, it resembles the style of Samurai-style architecture more than that of a daimyō garden. Until the end of the Edo period, the owner […]
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Tokyo Imperial Palace Ninomaru Gardens (東御苑の二の丸庭園) The third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, established the central government in Edo and asked Kobori Enshū to create a garden in the Ninomaru 二の丸 – Second Compound of the Edo castle. Here, Iemitsu planned to build his second palace, the Ninomaru Goten at the area of today’s small grove. It was assembled with a teahouse […]
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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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