This garden is huge, with a teahouse on the big pond’s island where you can enjoy a bowl of tea. It’s a great place to visit any time of year, but especially eyepopping in February when the plum grove is in bloom, and in late March to early April for the cherry blossoms. Peonies and wisteria also put on a major display from mid-April into May, and their cosmos field attracts butterflies in September.
This garden used to be the shōgun’s duck hunting grounds, but now it’s an enormous stroll garden that’s beautiful in every season. As an added bonus, you can enjoy a bowl of matcha tea and a traditional tea ceremony sweet at the pavilion on the big pond’s island!
Hama-Rikyu Teien is famous for its plum orchard, (mid-late Feb), cherry blossoms, (late-Mar to early Apr), wisteria & peonies (late Apr to early May), cosmos (mid-late Sep) and autumn leaves (mid-late Nov).
This is one of the biggest plum groves in Tokyo, with truly beautiful and unusual varieties. The trees nearest the entrance bloom as early as late February, and are planted next to a spectacular field of yellow flowers…
which is also a favorite spot to see couples getting their wedding photos taken
The pond reflects blooming cherry trees in late March.
then the late-blooming cherry trees burst into bloom early to mid-April, all long the winding pathways…
and throughout the rest of the garden…
In mid-late April, the park’s magnificent peony garden is at its peak.
May brings peach blooms and more couples posing for their wedding photos.
Wisteria blooms in late April to early May…
and a glorious field of cosmos blooms in September.
Hama-Rikyu Teien
Hours: 9:30 – 17:00
Open: Every day except Dec 31 – Jan 1.
Admission: ¥300
Bonus attraction: If you arrive or depart at the Hamamatsucho JR station, stroll down to the very end on the Shibuya-bound side, to see the best dressed nude statue in all of Tokyo. Volunteers have been dressing him up in a new costume every month since the year 2000!
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