Park & garden

Hamarikyu Gardens

Area: Tokyo, Japan

Mon: 09:00–17:00
Tue: 09:00–17:00
Wed: 09:00–17:00
Thu: 09:00–17:00
Fri: 09:00–17:00
Sat: 09:00–17:00
Sun: 09:00–17:00
Hours: Last entry is at 16:30. Closed December 29–January 1; hours may be extended for special events.
Price: General admission: ¥300; visitors aged 65 and over: ¥150; children of elementary-school age and younger: free.
How to visit: Personal landscape and commemorative photography is allowed; model, wedding, commercial and other organized photography requires prior application. Drones, alcohol and pets are prohibited, except guide and assistance dogs. Children of elementary-school age and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
Hours: Ticket required
Hours: Good with children
Hours: About 60–90 min

Why it is worth the detour

This former shogunal duck-hunting ground contains Tokyo's last surviving seawater tidal pond and frames old Edo landscaping against skyscrapers.

Hamarikyu Gardens is a historic metropolitan garden in Tokyo, featuring a tidal pond and traditional teahouses. It offers a unique blend of Edo-period landscaping against the backdrop of modern skyscrapers.

What else is close by

The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.

700 m
Tsukiji Outer Market
Although the wholesale fish market moved to Toyosu in 2018, these crowded lanes preserve the food culture of Tokyo's former kitchen.
1.2 km
Tsukiji Honganji Temple
Chuta Ito's 1934 temple blends Buddhist functions with an extraordinary facade inspired by ancient Indian architecture.
1.2 km
Kabukiza
Kabukiza, the kabuki theatre in Ginza.
1.3 km
Zojoji Temple
The Tokugawa family's principal funerary temple tells the story of shogunal power beneath the modern silhouette of Tokyo Tower.
1.4 km
Ginza
Ginza, the old shopping district east of the palace.
1.4 km
Sukiyabashi Bridge Monument
This small monument recalls the bridge that carried travelers across Edo Castle's outer moat at the entrance to Ginza. The moat was filled and Sukiyabashi removed in 1958, turning a waterside gateway famous from the radio drama and film Kimi no Na wa into an ordinary patch of city ground.