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Shinjuku Gyo-en (新宿御苑, literally 'Shinjuku Imperial Garden') or Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is a large public garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally a residence of the Naitō family in the Edo period. It later became a garden under the management of Japan Imperial Household Agency.
The 40-minute procession, accompanied by a brass band, ended when it pulled into the Shinjuku Gyoen Garden, until 1949 reserved for the use of the Imperial family and now one of Tokyo's most popular parks. [8] At the Shinjuku Gyoen Garden, the funeral ceremonies for Emperor Shōwa were conducted in a Sojoden, a specially constructed funeral hall.
The festival dates to Hidesato's offering of his bow and arrow to the shrine after his victory in battle. During the modern festival, there is a dedication of a kachiya (victory arrow) and a traditional warrior parade. May 5 Kanda Matsuri [4] Chiyoda (Kanda Myojin Shrine)
The Shinjuku Gyo-en Greenhouse was built on the site of a private mansion, property of daimyō Naitō Nobunari. A government-managed agricultural experiment station was established there in 1872, and was later converted into an imperial garden in 1906.
Many of the old private gardens had been abandoned and left to ruin. In 1871, a new law transformed many gardens from the earlier Edo period into public parks, preserving them. Garden designers, confronted with ideas from the West experimented with western styles, leading to such gardens as Kyu-Furukawa Gardens, or Shinjuku Gyoen. Others, more ...
English: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building, a sunny day with blue sky, Tokyo, Japan. Español: Vista del Jardín Nacional Shinjuku Gyoen y el rascacielos NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building en un día soleado con cielo azul en Tokio , Japón.
A bus stop with cutouts of My Neighbor Totoro characters A staircase in Tama, Tokyo, which appeared in Whisper of the Heart Shinjuku Gyo-en overlooking the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building, as depicted in The Garden of Words Instruments donated by fans of K-on! to the former site of Toyosato Elementary School in Toyosato, Shiga St. Paul's Bridge in ...
Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station (新宿御苑前駅, Shinjuku-gyoen-mae-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is numbered "M-10".