If you ask me which season is the best time to visit Tokyo.
I would say spring, cherry blossom season.
The peak of the cherry blossom season only lasts for one week of the year.
One of the parks where you can see beautiful cherry blossoms is Rikugien Garden.
Rikugien Garden is located a 7-minute walk from Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote Line or Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line.
The garden is rich in nature despite its location in the middle of the city of Tokyo.
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The weeping cherry
The weeping cherry trees in Rikugien Gaeden are so beautiful.
It is a must-see when it is in full bloom.
The most famous cherry tree in Japan is Someiyoshino, but there are also weeping cherry trees like willow trees.
They are in full bloom later than Someiyoshino, and can be viewed at different times of the year.
There is a Green Tea Cafe in Rikugien Garden.
You can enjyo Macya; green tea and Wagashi; Japanese traditional sweets.
Japanese Garden
Rikugien garden is a beautiful garden with many attractions not only during the cherry blossom season, but also in all four seasons.
You can enjoy just looking at the scenery, but it becomes more interesting when you become familiar with Japanese gardens.
Western gardens are mainly linear and symmetrical. Japanese gardens, on the other hand, are often curvilinear and asymmetrical.
Japanese gardens are artificially created by arranging stones, streams, plants, and other elements in natural landscapes such as mountains, seas, and rivers.
History
In 1695, Mr. Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa, an important government official, spent seven years building the villa himself.
He was a distinguished scholar who was trusted by the fifth Shogun, Tsunayoshi Tokugawa.
Yoshiyasu, who excelled at Waka , Japanese poetry, tried to reproduce the scenery of "Waka-no-ura",a famous place often mentioned in waka poems, or the "land of Waka poems".
Waka-no-ura is located in present-day Wakayama Prefecture.
Rikugien garden is also called a "theme park of waka poetry".
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Location
6 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Access
7 minutes from Komagome Station of JR Yamanote Line
7 minutes walk from Komagome Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
10 minutes walk from Sengoku Station on the Toei Mita Line
The Old Furukawa Garden is characterized by a mix of a Western-style garden, a Western-style garden, and a Japanese garden.
It achieves a wonderful harmony of Japanese and Western styles.
In spring and fall, the garden comes alive with a rose festival.
The collaboration of the Western-style garden and the rose garden is beautiful and a popular photo spot.
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Location
1 -27-39 Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo
Access
7 minutes walk from Kamiuesato station on JR Keihintohoku line and Nishihara station on Tokyo Metro Nanboku line
7 minutes walk from Nishihara station on Tokyo Metro Nanboku line
12 minutes walk from Komagome station on JR line
