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Mejirodai, Bunkyo

Higo-Hosokawa Garden

Daimyo garden / hillside landscape
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Higo-Hosokawa Garden
Image source: Walk near Higo-Hosokawa garden 5.jpg / Syced / CC0

A strolling pond garden preserving traces of the Hosokawa clan residence and the slopes around the Kanda River.

Category
Daimyo garden / hillside landscape
Area
Mejirodai, Bunkyo
Address
1-1-22 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Access
Waseda Stop (Toden Arakawa Line), about 5 min on foot; or Edogawabashi Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line), about 15 min on foot
Why it is deep
Set in a quiet Bunkyo neighborhood off overseas travel routes, it reveals how slopes and daimyo estates shaped Tokyo.
Official site
Official site

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