Bona Ventura

Waseda (Bunkyo) · Tokyo

Higo-Hosokawa Garden

肥後細川庭園

ParkLocal favourite

The former residence garden of the Hosokawa lords of Higo, fed by springs from the Mejirodai bluff above the Kanda River: a strolling pond garden with a waterfall, renamed from Shin-Edogawa Park in 2017. Free and small, it has cherries in spring, irises in early summer, maples in autumn and yukitsuri rope supports in winter.

Address
1-1-22 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Hours
Daily 09:00-17:00 (to 16:30 in winter); closed over New Year (GO TOKYO)
Best time to go
Morning, Afternoon · About 45 min
Price
Free (GO TOKYO)
Price level
JPY

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Good to know

  • It sits beside the Kanda River (GO TOKYO).
  • Toyokawa Yokusen, a retro sento, is nearby in Mejirodai.

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