Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden, Tokyo
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Koraku,
Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo
Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden was designed in 1629 and is Tokyo’s oldest and prettiest park. It covered around 65 acres of land when it was built by the Mito Tokugawa Family as a second residence in Edo, the former name of the Japanese capital, Tokyo. However, today it is around 17.5 acres as it was reduced in size during Tokyo’s modernisation phase.
The garden was landscaped using Chinese stones, plants and fountains and is renowned for its glowing beauty in the spring when everything starts to bloom and in the autumn when the trees change colour.
The garden has many Chinese elements and it is one of the only Japanese gardens which has been declared National Historical Site.
If you need to find a place of peace and tranquillity within the stress of the city, you should go for a walk in the gardens beside Osensui lake and disconnect from the hustle and bustle.
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