The gardens of Tokyo - Rikugien Garden

Tokyo has many fantastic gardens and many people flock to the gardens in Spring to see the famous Cherry blossom festival or in mid Autumn to see the the rich Autumn colours. During our visit the gardens were very quiet but still enjoyable and a great place to get some relief from the heat. The noise of cicadas was intense.

The Rikugien Garden

The Rikugien garden is a mountain and pond style garden created in 1702 and is an example of the Edo period of gardens in which the gardens were created for enjoyment. The current layout and plantings date back to 1938 when the gardens were given back to the city of Tokyo. The garden contain many Karume azaleas which would be spectacular in Spring.

Clipped Azaleas around lantern

One of the ponds

Sleeping Dragon Rock

Tsutsuji-no-chaya teahouse

Stone Lantern

Togetsukyo stone bridge 

Large Weeping Cherry

Looking down from the mountain