Rikugi-en

Rikugi-en
六義園
A view of the Rikugi-en Garden from the Fujishiro-toge hill
Location	Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Area	87,809.41 m2 (945,172.6 sq ft)
Created	1938 (1938)
Operated by	Tokyo metropolitan parks
Website	Official website (Japanese)

Rikugien Garden (六義園, Rikugi-en^[1]?) is a Tokyo metropolitan park in Bunkyō-ku. The name Rikugi comes from the idea of the six elements in waka poetry (en means garden or park). The park consists of a small pond, trees, and a hill. The traditional Japanese garden within the park is a tourist attraction.

History

The construction of the park took place between 1695 and 1702 and was headed by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu by permission of the fifth shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and is a typical example of a garden from the Edo period. In 1938, it was donated to the Tokyo City government. It was specified as a special place of scenic beauty (特別名勝, tokubetsu meishō^?) by the Japanese government in 1953.^[2]

Access

The park is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is a short walk from Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote line and the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line. There are no parking lots.

General admission (junior high school and above) is 300 yen. People over 65 pay 150 yen, and students under junior high school age (and junior high school students living or studying in the Tokyo metropolitan area) may enter for free.

See also

• List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments

Notes

External links

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• Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association
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Coordinates: 35°43′59″N 139°44′48″E / 35.73306°N 139.74667°E / 35.73306; 139.74667