Tokyo, Japan contains many parks and gardens.
Urban parks and gardens
Park
|
Location
|
Created
|
Area (m2)
|
Remarks
|
Akabane Nature Observatory Park |
Kita |
1999 |
54,020 |
|
Akatsuka Park |
Itabashi |
1974 |
250,466 |
Largest park wholly in Itabashi Ward
|
Akinohi Park |
Nerima |
1988 |
18,200 |
|
Arakawa Nature Park |
Arakawa |
1974 |
61,068 |
Largest park in Arakawa Ward
|
Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park |
Minato |
1934 |
67,131 |
Largest park in Minato Ward
|
Asukayama Park |
Kita |
1873 |
73,000 |
Largest park in Kita Ward
|
Chihaya Flower Park |
Toshima |
1990 |
5,542 |
|
Chinzan-so Garden |
Bunkyō |
1952 |
40,000 |
|
East Garden of the Imperial Palace |
Chiyoda |
1968 |
210,000 |
|
Egota-no-Mori Park |
Nakano |
1971 |
60,224 |
Largest park in Nakano Ward
|
Fuchū-no-Mori Park |
Fuchū |
1991 |
169,748 |
|
Hamarikyu Gardens |
Chūō |
1946 |
250,215 |
Largest park in Chūō Ward
|
Hatoba Park |
Chūō |
|
|
|
Heiwa-no-Mori Park |
Ōta |
1982 |
99,000 |
Largest park wholly in Ōta Ward
|
Hibiya Park |
Chiyoda |
1903 |
161,636 |
|
Higo Hosokawa Garden |
Bunkyō |
1961 |
500 |
|
Hikarigaoka Park |
Itabashi and Nerima |
1974 |
607,823 |
Largest park in Nerima Ward
|
Himonya Park |
Meguro |
1933 |
43,533 |
|
Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park |
Toshima |
1970 |
3,123 |
|
Inokashira Park |
Kichijōji |
1918 |
385,844 |
|
Itabashi Traffic Park |
Itabashi |
1968 |
7,725 |
|
Italy Park |
Minato |
2003 |
3,660 |
|
Jindai Botanical Garden |
Chōfu |
1961 |
425,433 |
|
Jōhoku-Chūō Park |
Itabashi and Nerima |
1957 |
262,369 |
|
Kamezuka Park |
Minato |
1952 |
9,183 |
|
Kansen-en Park |
Shinjuku |
1969 |
14,000 |
|
Kasai Rinkai Park |
Edogawa |
1989 |
805,861 |
Largest park in Edogawa Ward
|
Kiba Park |
Kōtō |
1992 |
238,711 |
|
Kinshi Park |
Sumida |
1928 |
56,124 |
Largest park in Sumida Ward
|
Kinuta Park |
Setagaya |
1957 |
391,777 |
Largest park in Setagaya Ward
|
Kitaku Central Park |
Kita |
1958 |
65,620 |
|
Kitanomaru Park |
Chiyoda |
1969 |
193,297 |
|
Kiyosumi Garden |
Fukagawa |
1932 |
37,434 |
|
Koganei Park |
Kodaira, Koganei, Musashino, and Nishitōkyō |
1954 |
793,544 |
|
Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
Bunkyō |
1877[1] |
161,588 |
Largest gardens in Bunkyō Ward
|
Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden |
Bunkyō |
1629 |
70,847 |
|
Kokyo Gaien National Garden |
Chiyoda |
1949 |
450,000 |
Largest park in Chiyoda Ward
|
Komaba Park |
Meguro |
1975 |
40,400 |
|
Komazawa Olympic Park |
Meguro and Setagaya |
1964 |
413,537 |
|
Kōyama Garden |
Nerima |
1980 |
2,613 |
|
Kyū-Furukawa Gardens |
Kita |
1956 |
30,780 |
|
Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Garden |
Taitō |
2001 |
16,912 |
|
Kyū Shiba Rikyū Garden |
Chūō |
1924 |
42,035 |
|
Makino Memorial Garden |
Nerima |
1958 |
2,576 |
|
Meguro Sky Garden |
Meguro |
2013 |
75,000 |
|
Meiji Shrine Inner Garden |
Shibuya |
|
83,000 |
|
Meiji Shrine Outer Garden |
Minato and Shinjuku |
1926 |
580,000 |
|
Mejiro-no-Mori |
Toshima |
1997 |
3,201 |
|
Minami-Ikebukuro Park |
Toshima |
2016 |
7,811 |
|
Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park |
Toshima |
2013 |
12,226 |
Largest park in Toshima Ward
|
Mitsugi Park |
Itabashi |
1952 |
14,000 |
|
Miyashita Park |
Shibuya |
1930 |
10,808 |
|
Mizumoto Park |
Katsushika |
1965 |
921,539 |
Largest park in Katsushika Ward; largest park in Tokyo's 23 wards
|
Mizunoto Park |
Nakano |
1930 |
2,272 |
|
Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden |
Sumida |
1939 |
8,718 |
|
Mure-no-Sato Park |
Mitaka |
1995 |
5,800 |
|
Musashino Central Park |
Musahsino |
1989 |
100,898 |
|
Musashiseki Park |
Nerima |
1938 |
45,985 |
|
Naganuma Park |
Hachiōji |
1980 |
313,486 |
|
Nakano Shiki no Mori Park |
Nakano |
2012 |
20,780 |
|
Nogawa Park |
Chōfu |
1980 |
399,764 |
|
Noyamakita-Rokudōyama Park |
Musashimurayama |
1988 |
1,323,900 |
|
Ōi Futō Chūō Kaihin Park |
Ōta and Shinagawa |
1978 |
454,271 |
Largest park in Shinagawa Ward
|
Ōizumi-Chūō Park |
Nerima |
1990 |
103,000 |
|
Ōkuma Garden |
Shinjuku |
1922 |
3,000 |
|
Ōjima Komatsugawa Park |
Edogawa and Kōtō |
1997 |
249,282 |
|
Rikugi-en Gardens |
Bunkyō |
1938[2] |
87,809 |
|
Rinshi-no-mori Park |
Meguro and Shinagawa |
1989 |
120,762 |
|
Saigōyama Park |
Meguro |
1981 |
10,549 |
Largest park wholly in Meguro Ward
|
Sarue Park |
Kōtō |
1981 |
145,088 |
|
Shakujii Park |
Nerima |
1959 |
223,785 |
|
Shikinokaori Park |
Nerima |
1985 |
42,109 |
|
Shimizuike Park |
Meguro |
1935 |
5,795 |
|
Shinjuku Central Park |
Shinjuku |
1968 |
88,065 |
|
Shinjuku Gyo-en |
Shibuya and Shinjuku |
1949 |
583,000 |
Largest park in Shinjuku Ward
|
Showa Memorial Park |
Tachikawa |
1983 |
1,653,000 |
Largest park in Tokyo
|
Sumida Park |
Sumida and Taitō |
1931 |
107,797 |
|
Takaido Park |
Suginami |
2020 |
24,667 |
|
Tetsugaku-dō Park |
Nakano and Shinjuku |
1904 |
52,494 |
|
Toneri Park |
Adachi |
1940 |
628,603 |
Largest park in Adachi Ward
|
Tonogayato Garden |
Kokubunji |
1979 |
21,124 |
|
Ueno Park |
Taitō |
1873 |
538,506 |
Largest park in Taitō Ward
|
Ukima Park |
Itabashi |
1967 |
117,330 |
|
Ukimatsuribori Park |
Kita |
1960 |
3,000 |
|
Wadabori Park |
Suginami |
1964 |
199,936 |
Largest park in Suginami Ward
|
Wakasu Seaside Park |
Kōtō |
1990 |
32,000 |
|
Yokoamichō Park |
Sumida |
1930 |
19,580 |
|
Yoyogi Park |
Shibuya |
1967 |
541,000 |
Largest park in Shibuya Ward
|
Yumenoshima Park |
Kōtō |
1978 |
433,212 |
Largest park in Kōtō Ward
|
Zenpukuji Park |
Suginami |
1961 |
78,622 |
|
Note: Figures in bold are approximate values. A green row designates a special ward of Tokyo.
Gallery
Akabane Nature Observatory Park
Akatsuka Park
Jindaiji Botanical Gardens
Mejiro-no-Mori Park
Shakujii Park
Japanese Garden in Shinjuku Gyoen
Flowers
Type of flower
|
Blooming season
|
Locations
|
Ume blossoms |
February–March |
Yoshino Baigo in Ome, Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden, Hanegi Park in Umegaoka
|
Cherry blossoms (sakura) |
Late March – early April |
Ueno Park and Shinobazu Pond, Yoyogi Park, Shinjuku Gyoen, Inokashira Park in Kichijōji, Chidorigafuchi Imperial Palace moat near the Budokan, Meguro River, Aoyama Cemetery, Sumida Park and River near Asakusa, International Christian University
|
Wisteria |
Late April – early May |
Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Kōtō Ward
|
Azaleas |
Late April – early May |
Nezu Shrine, East Garden of the Imperial Palace, Shiofune Kannon Temple in Ome
|
Roses |
mid – late May |
Jindai Botanical Garden in Chōfu
|
Irises |
early – mid June |
Meiji Shrine, Horikiri Iris Garden
|
Hydrangeas |
June–July |
Takahata Fudo Temple, Hino
|
National parks
There are four national parks in Tokyo:
Notes
- ^ Year given to University of Tokyo
- ^ Year donated to city government
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