Hamarikyu Garden

Hamarikyu Gardens (浜離宮恩賜庭園, Hama-rikyū Onshi Teien) is a public park in Tokyo, Japan. Located at the mouth of the Sumida River in Chuo-ku, it was opened April 1, 1946. The park is a 250,165 m² landscaped garden surrounded by Shioiri Pond, a sea water moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodelled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century. The garden has an atmosphere of tranquillity where visitors can forget the passage of time. Visitors can also enjoy refreshment at a teashop in Nakashima located in the middle of the pond in the garden that offers macha and Japanese sweets in a Japanese tea ceremony style. A peony garden, plum tree grove and cosmos fields render flowers and greenery enjoyable in every season. Exhibitions falcon and Japanese goshawk traditional hunting techniques are demonstrated daily. (Article based on Wikipedia article and used under the GNU Free Documentation License) |