Inokashira Park is Japan's first suburban park that spans Mitaka-shi and Musashino-shi, Tokyo. The official name is "Inokashira Onshi Park" (Imperial Park) and opened in 1917. In the center there is "Inokashira Pond", which was used as a source of water for "Kanda Josui" (Kanda water supply), the first water service in the Edo period. The park covers an area of 42.8 hectares, … [Read more...] about Inokashira Park, Tokyo
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Ueno Onshi Park, Tokyo
"Ueno Park" in Taito-ku, Tokyo, the official name is "Ueno Onshi Park". It is a park managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, with a land area of 530,000 square meters. As one of the first designated parks in Japan since completion in 1876, it has been popular as a place for citizens to relax for the long term of 140 years. Speaking of Ueno Park, the first thing that … [Read more...] about Ueno Onshi Park, Tokyo
Arakurayama-Sengen Park, Yamanashi
"Arakurayama Sengen Park" famous as a spot where you can see Mt. Fuji. It is known not only for Mt. Fuji but also for cherry blossoms. There are many places where you can see Cherry blossoms and Mt. Fuji, but there is no place where you can see elegant Japanese landscape as Arakurayama Sengen Park. In the garden, there is a memorial tower of the war dead called "Churei-to" … [Read more...] about Arakurayama-Sengen Park, Yamanashi
Happo-En Garden, Tokyo
"Happo-En Garden" is a wedding hall in Shirokanedai, Minato - ku, Tokyo, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2018. It has extensive Japanese gardens on site. It is a venerable Japanese garden that lasted 300 years since it was a mansion of the warlords of the Edo period. It changes the expression beautifully according to the four seasons, such as cherry blossoms and autumn … [Read more...] about Happo-En Garden, Tokyo
Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi
"Ashikaga Flower Park" is a botanical garden that is open in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture. It is a popular spot where you can enjoy beautiful flowers every season. A wide variety of flowers are planted as flower theme parks, and you can enjoy azaleas, roses, cosmos etc for each season. Among them, the greatest highlight is wisteria flower. Especially the giant wisteria … [Read more...] about Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi
Genkyu-en Garden, Shiga
"Genkyu-en Garden" is the Chisen-kaiyushiki-teien style (a stroke-style garden around a big pond) located on the northern side of Hikone Castle and is designated as the scenic spot of the country. It is a garden that tells the garden of the early Edo period to the present, comparable to the detached palace of Emperor Xuanzong in China Tang Dynasty. In autumn Japanese maple gets … [Read more...] about Genkyu-en Garden, Shiga
The Cherry Blossom of Chidorigafuchi, Tokyo
Chidorigafuchi is a moat on the northwest side of the Imperial Palace, which was named because of the shape of "Chidori" (sand-bird). "Chidorigafuchi Green Road" is a lush green promenade which lasts about 700 meters along the moat of the Imperial Palace. It continues from the entrance of Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery to Yasukuni Street. This is a nationally famous cherry … [Read more...] about The Cherry Blossom of Chidorigafuchi, Tokyo
Maiko Park, Hyogo
Maiko Park, located in Higashi-Maiko, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, with a vast area of 7.6 hectares. Maiko Park is welcoming people from all over the world as a gate of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, but its history dates back to the Meiji era. Maiko beach of white sand and blue pine has been loved by people traveling overland, sea for a long time since it was written in songs. It was in 1900 … [Read more...] about Maiko Park, Hyogo
Atami Plum Garden, Shizuoka
Atami Plum Garden is a plum garden with more than 120 years of history in Atami. Mogi Sobei, a silk merchant representing Yokohama in 1886, landscaped and was dedicated to the Imperial family for a while. After becoming a state-owned property in 1952, the city is managing. It has been opened to the public as a place where "plum blossoming early in bloom" and "slowest autumn … [Read more...] about Atami Plum Garden, Shizuoka
Neo Park Okinawa, Okinawa
"Neo Park Okinawa" in Nago city in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa. It is a natural botanical and animal park where you can interact with pasturing animals on a large site. Neo Park Okinawa opened in 1987 is a natural animal park that makes use of the subtropical climate and the wilderness of Yanbaru (northern part of Okinawa). The vast grounds of 22 hectares … [Read more...] about Neo Park Okinawa, Okinawa