Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens

Area

Korakuen

Category

Parks / gardens Nature / scenery

Made in 1629, Koishikawa Botanical Gardens is a traditional Japanese garden located near Tokyo Dome. Quite a few of the scenes in the garden are inspired by famous Chinese landscapes. The garden is loved by locals for its cherry blossoms in the spring and its fall foliage.

Basic Information

Address

1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Phone

03-3811-3015

Hours

9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. (Last entry at 4:30p.m.)

Closed

Year-end holidays (December 29 to January 1)

Fee

General: 
・¥300 

65 and over: 
・¥150

(No charge for elemantary school children or younger, and junior high school students living or attending school in Tokyo)

Guide

English:
・Every Saturday from 10:00a.m.

Japanese:
・Every Saturday, Sunday, Monday and National Holidays from 11:00a.m. and 2:00p.m.

Website

http://teien.tokyo-park.or.jp/en/koishikawa/index.html

Access

FromShinjuku Station

【Shinjuku Sta.】— JR Chuo Sobu Local Line / for Chiba or Tsudanuma
→【JR Iidabashi Sta.】from the East Exit → about an 8-minute walk

FromTokyo Station

【Tokyo Sta.】— JR Chuo Line Rapid Service / for Takao
→【Ochanomizu Sta.】— JR Chuo Sobu Local Line / for Nakano
→【JR Iidabashi Sta.】from the East Exit → about an 8-minute walk

From Narita Airport

【Narita Airport Sta.】— Skyliner / for Keisei Ueno
→【Keisei Ueno Sta.】→ about a 5-minute walk
→【Ueno Okachimachi Sta.】— Toei Oedo Line / for Tochomae
→【Iidabashi Sta.】from Exit C3→ about a 3-minute walk

FromHaneda Airport

 【Haneda Airport Sta.】— Tokyo Monorail / for Hamamatsucho
→【Hamamatsucho Sta.】— Keihin Tohoku Line / for Minami Urawa
→【Akihabara Sta.】— JR Chuo Sobu Line / for Nakano 
→【JR Iidabashi Sta.】from the East Exit → about an 8-minute walk