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May in Tokyo is always packed with unmissable festivals, parties and other open-air fun, beginning with the latter half of the Golden Week holiday and continuing with local classics like the 700-year-old Sanja…

Learn Japanese by NHK World – JapanEnjoy the video and audio episodes about Learn Japanese on the free streaming service provided by NHK WORLD-JAPAN.Try to learn Japanese before you travel to Japan. Easy…

The grounds of Kiyosumi Teien (清澄庭園) were originally the residence of an Edo era merchant and eventually changed ownership to a feudal lord who turned them into a garden. During the Meiji Period,…

Rikugien (六義園) is often considered Tokyo's most beautiful Japanese landscape garden alongside Koishikawa Korakuen. Built around 1700 for the 5th Tokugawa Shogun, Rikugien literally means "six poems garden" and reproduces in miniature 88…

Showa Memorial Park (昭和記念公園, Shōwa Kinen Kōen) is a park in the city of Tachikawa, 30 minutes from central Tokyo by train. Spanning over 160 hectares, this huge park boasts a variety of…

Koishikawa Botanical Garden (小石川植物園, Koishikawa Shokubutsuen) belongs to the nearby Tokyo University, Japan's most prestigious university. It exhibits and preserves a few thousand tree and plant species and includes a beautiful Japanese landscape…

The Imperial Palace East Gardens (皇居東御苑, Kōkyo Higashi Gyoen) are a part of the inner palace area and are open to the public. They are the former site of Edo Castle's innermost circles…

Yoyogi Park (代々木公園, Yoyogi Kōen) is one of Tokyo's largest city parks, featuring wide lawns, ponds and forested areas. It is a great place for jogging, picnicking and other outdoor activities.Although Yoyogi Park…

Ueno Park, in Taito ward, is home to Tokyo's most famous cherry trees, art galleries, museums, temples, a zoo, street entertainers, the odd proselytizer, and more than the odd crow.The surrounding Ueno district…

Shinjuku Gyoen's gardens are fit for an Emperor. They were the Emperor's private park until the end of WWII when the Americans encouraged Japan's royal family to relinquish a few of their expansive…