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Hama-rikyū Gardens (浜離宮恩賜庭園, Hama-rikyū Onshi Teien) is a metropolitan garden in Chūō ward, Tokyo, Japan. Located at the mouth of the Sumida River, it was opened to the public on April 1, 1946. A landscaped garden of 250,216 m² includes Shioiri-no-ike (Tidal Pond), and the garden is surrounded by a seawater moat filled by ...
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site of the residence of Makino Tomitarō; also a registered Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty 35°44′47″N 139°35′07″E / 35.74643°N 139.58530°E / 35.74643; 139.58530 ( Makino Memorial
A traditional Japanese tea house is in the gardens. The garden is a favourite hanami ( cherry-blossom viewing) spot, and large crowds can be present during cherry blossom season. The garden has more than 20,000 trees, including approximately 1,500 cherry trees , which bloom from late March ( Shidare or Weeping Cherry) to early April ( Somei or ...
Showa period Nihongi painter studio; also a Place of Scenic Beauty Former Residence and Garden of Yokoyama Taikan 35°42′44″N 139°46′06″E / 35.71211°N 139.76820°E / 35.71211; 139.76820 ( Former Residence and Garden of Yokoyama
Rikugi-en (六義園 [1]) is a metropolitan park in Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The name Rikugi-en means "garden of six principles", referring to the six elements in waka poetry, based on the traditional division of Chinese poetry into six categories. The gardens consist of a small pond, trees, and a hill.
Nezu Shrine (根津神社, Nezu-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the Bunkyō ward of Tokyo, Japan.. Established in 1705, it is one of the oldest places of worship in the city, and several of the buildings on the shrine grounds have been designated as Important Cultural Property.
Tokyo, Japan, received its first snowfall of the year on Jan. 6, with heavy snow coating the city, forcing a heavy snow warning to be issued for the city for the first time in years.