A villa garden built in 1915 for a Mitsubishi executive and later owned by the Iwasaki family, on the Kokubunji escarpment in western Tokyo. A bright lawn on the terrace drops to a spring-fed pond (about 37 litres a minute) under Musashino woodland with katakuri and other wildflowers in spring. A national Place of Scenic Beauty.
- Address
- 2 Chome-16 Minamicho, Kokubunji, Tokyo 185-0021, Japan
- Hours
- 9:00-17:00 (last entry 16:30); closed 29 Dec-1 Jan (tokyo-park.or.jp, 2026)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 40 min
- Price
- JPY 150, 65+ JPY 70; free on 4 May and 1 Oct (tokyo-park.or.jp, 2026)
- Price level
- JPY
- Free entry
- Greenery Day (4 May) and Tokyo Citizens Day (1 October)
Also free for: Primary school children and younger; junior high students living or studying in Tokyo
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Near Kokubunji Station on the JR Chuo Line; combine with a western-Tokyo day.
- Late November to early December, the view of maples and pond from the Koyo-tei pavilion is the peak (tokyo-park.or.jp).
- Best in mid to late autumn for maples (GO TOKYO calls it a riot of colour).
- Two minutes from Kokubunji station.