Hamarikyu Gardens is a garden with a tidal inlet that brings in seawater from Tokyo Bay, and the scenery changes with the ebb and flow of the tides.
The garden is one of the largest in Tokyo, and visitors can enjoy the changing scenery of the four seasons.
The garden was created in the Edo period (1603-1867) as the garden for the Hamarikyu Goten, a villa of the Tokugawa shoguns. After the detached palace was managed by the Imperial Household Ministry, it was given to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and opened as a metropolitan park.
During the Edo period (1603-1867), it was a favorite vacation spot for shoguns and court nobles, and in the Meiji period (1868-1912), it became a royal garden for the imperial family.
The park includes a duck pond, tidal pond, teahouse, flower garden and button garden, etc. In the early 2000s, the former Shiodome freight terminal on the west side was redeveloped and the Shiodome high-rise buildings stand in a forest, contrasting with the garden.
There are many old trees in the garden, and the Sumida River Line water bus stop is located near the plum grove on the east side of the garden, from which visitors can take a tour of the Sumida River.
The garden is designated as a Special Historic Site and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty by the national government, and is popular among tourists and walkers.
9:00-17:00
Year-end and New Year’s holidays
(December 29 through January 1 of the following year)
General admission 300 yen
65 years old and over: 150 yen
Free for elementary school students and younger
<Otemon Exit
Toei Subway Oedo Line “Tsukiji Ichiba” (E18), “Shiodome” (E19), Yurikamome “Shiodome” stop, 7 min. walk
12 minutes walk from Shinbashi Station (G08, A10) on JR, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Toei Subway Asakusa Line
<Nakano-no-Mikado Exit
Toei Subway Oedo Line “Shiodome” alighting, 5 min. walk from Exit 10
15 minutes walk from JR “Hamamatsucho” station