Shinjuku Gyoen

The Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿 御苑Japanese, German "Imperial Park Shinjuku ") is a 58.3 -hectare park. It is located in Tokyo's Shinjuku and Shibuya districts close to the Shinjuku station.

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1872, the site of the former residence of the Naito clan side was used as an agricultural development area. 1879, the area was taken over by the Imperial Household Agency, which it opened in 1906 restricted under the present name. In 1949, the garden, along with other imperial gardens, as "National Garden " (国民 公园, kokumin kōen ), today, under the Ministry of Environment and the general public made ​​available. The connection to the imperial house still exists: both the funeral ceremony for the Taishō Tennō, as well as for the Shōwa Tennō were held in the park.

Entrance to the park costs 200 yen; it is open 9-17 clock except Mondays and for different reasons not just a recreational destination in the middle of the city, but also a tourist attraction:

• The park, which contains in its valley a series of connected ponds, consists of parks in the three main styles that merge harmoniously into one another: a Japanese garden on the southwest side, the English park with large open spaces in the center and a French garden with multiple plane series and flower beds at the eastern end.
• From the teahouse in the Japanese park you look over several small bridges spanned ponds on a great "Tree Panorama", which completely obscured the underlying high-rise buildings of the metropolis, and gives the illusion of being immersed in nature.
• The English Park, however, is dominated by the impressive silhouette of skyscrapers Nishi- Shinjuku, which seem to be built directly behind the trees.
• At the pre-war Japan remembers the "Taiwan - kaku ", a stone pavilion in chinese style.
• Cherry trees are planted throughout the park; by the different locations and the selection of different types of trees, the cherry blossom in Shinjuku Gyoen lasts very long. Thus, the park attracts in the spring to hundreds of amateur photographers. In the heyday of the cherry blossom crowd the open spaces in the park thousands to celebrate Hanami parties.
• From 1 to 15 November, the extensive exhibition of chrysanthemum cultivars is another attraction.
• Several greenhouses, which are among the largest in East Asia, Japan show for exotic plants.

The larger the northeast part of the park, together with some blocks in the east to their own district Naitōmachi (内藤 町) in the district of Shinjuku. The smaller south-western part belongs to Sendagaya 6 in Shibuya Ward.