- See the beautiful seasonal flowers in the garden, including cherry blossoms in spring!
- Enjoy both flowers and sweets in the garden! Have a tea break with Japanese sweets created for each month at Nakashima Teahouse.
- Take a water-bus when you visit Hama-rikyu gardens!
- Hama-rikyu Gardens will extend its hours during the cherry blossom season and “Golden Week”!
See the beautiful seasonal flowers in the garden, including cherry blossoms in spring!
Somei-yoshino cherry trees in Hama-rikyu gardens begin to bloom from the end of March, and differnet kinds of double-flowered Sato-zakura trees reach full bloom in the middle of March. You can also enjoy rare varieties of cherry trees such as Ukon-zakura in yellow and Gyoiko-zakura in pale green.
(Photos credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association)
(Photos credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association)
Plum blossoms in early spring, cherry blossoms and rape blossoms and wisteria flowers in spring, Japanese irises and yellow cosmoses in summer, cosmoses from summer throughout autumn, autumn leaves, October cherry blossoms, and winter sweets in winter.
The colors of this garden change throughout the year!
Please don’t miss the 300-year-old pine tree when you visit! It’s the largest black pine in Tokyo and its gripping presence is a must-see!
(Photos credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association)
Enjoy both flowers and sweets in the garden! Have a tea break with Japanese sweets created for each month at Nakashima Teahouse.
After walking around the garden, why not take a break at Nakashima no Ochaya, or the Nakashima Teahouse after crossing over the 140-meter-long Otetsudai Bridge.
You’ll be welcomed with polite service, and can enjoy seasonal Japanese sweets created for each month and matcha tea in tea-ceremony style.
(Photos credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association)
When you enjoy elegant matcha tea and Japanese sweets in a traditional Japanese-style room while looking at waterfowls on the tidal pond, you’ll think to yourself, “This is indeed Japan!” You can have refills of matcha tea at an extra charge of 200 yen.
(Photos credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association)
This teahouse gets crowded during the cherry blossom season and autumn. If
you want to spend time relaxing here, you might want to avoid these seasons.
- Opening hours：9:00am-4:30pm
- Closing dates：Year-end holidays (29th of Dec.–1st of Jan.)
The Hamamise souvenir shop is a great place to buy sweet rice dumplings, rice crackers, beverages, and Japanese crafts. Why not stop by when strolling around the garden?
- Opening hours：9:00am-4:30pm
- Closing dates：Year-end holidays (29th of Dec.–1st of Jan.)
Take a water-bus when you visit Hama-rikyu gardens!
There are many stations near the garden on different lines. I recommend getting to the garden by water bus! After viewing the Asakusa and Odaiba areas from the water-bus, get off at Hama-rikyu gardens and relax in the garden. (You’ll need to pay for admission).
You can enjoy viewing famous spots in Tokyo from the water-bus, including the Tokyo Sky Tree and Tokyo Tower. You’ll see the Tokyo scenery from an angle much different from the norm.
Hama-rikyu Gardens will extend its hours during the cherry blossom season and “Golden Week”!
The garden will extend its hours during the cherry blossom season and “Golden Week” (Early May holidays in Japan).
They will extend their hours between March 25th and April 4th, so you can walk around the garden from 9am to 6pm (Last admission: 5:30pm)
The extended hours are much the same for Golden Week (From April 29 to May 7 in 2017). May 4th is free admission, because it is a national holiday in Japan. Cherry blossoms shower you in the spring wind and the new green leaves will make you feel great!
This garden has a relaxed atmosphere and plenty of beautiful flowers, even though it’s located near Tokyo Station. When you get tired from walking in busy Tokyo, visit this garden to relax in the beautiful scenery!
