HELLO! TOKYO TOURS TOP PICK | HAMARIKYU GARDEN

This large, landscape garden along the Tokyo Bay was the former site of the shogun’s family villa in the 1600s. It features seawater ponds and lakes, a beautiful field of various flowers, a tea house in the middle of a lake for a scenic view and traditional tea and snacks and a small port for a boat ride up towards Asakusa. The unique view of a traditional Japanese garden with a backdrop of skyscrapers of the Shiodome district puts you in a special location to experience the contrast of past and present in Tokyo.

Entrance fee: 300 Yen for adults, 150 Yen for 65&over

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Address: 1-1 Hamarikyuteien, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0046

Hours: 9am-5pm, Closed End of the year New Years holiday

Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index028.html

How to get there: A 12 minute walk from Hamamatsucho Station on the JR Line or a 7 minute walk from Shiodome Station on the Oeda Subway Line.