Shinjuku Gyoen Audio Guide
A vast green sea of some 58 hectares, hidden among Shinjuku's skyscrapers. Once a feudal lord's estate, then an imperial garden, now a national park open to everyone. This audio guide walks you through its Japanese, Engl…
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Welcome to Shinjuku Gyoen
Welcome to Shinjuku Gyoen. The moment you pass through the gate, leaving the bustle of Shinjuku Station behind, the world quietly changes. Behind you, a wall of skyscrapers; before you, lawns and deep woods stretching as far as the eye can see. The clamor of the city vanishes as if it were never there, and only birdsong and the sound of wind through the trees remain. This is one of the largest gardens in central Tokyo — about fifty-eight hectares, three and a half kilometers around. A Japanese garden, a formal French garden, and a broad English-style lawn quietly resonate together within a single grounds. For locals, it is a place of rest where they spread out a picnic in cherry-blossom season and stroll among the autumn leaves — a place to savor the four seasons. For travelers, it is a precious green island where you can let go of your tension in the heart of the metropolis. But who did this vast garden once belong to, and how did it become a garden for everyone? That story reaches back more than four hundred years. So let's begin with the history of Shinjuku Gyoen, from the days of the feudal lords' estates.
What you'll hear on site
- History: From a Lord's Estate to Everyone's Garden ¥500 · 7 days
- The Japanese Garden: Designed Serenity Around a Pond ¥500 · 7 days
- The English Landscape Garden: A Great Lawn in the City ¥500 · 7 days
- The French Formal Garden: Roses and Plane Trees ¥500 · 7 days
- The Greenhouse: A Glass Ark for Endangered Plants ¥500 · 7 days
- The Taiwan Pavilion: A Gift Floating on the Pond ¥500 · 7 days
- The Mother and Child Forest: Real Woodland in the City ¥500 · 7 days
- Cherry Blossoms: 1,000 Trees, 65 Varieties ¥500 · 7 days
- Four Seasons and Practical Tips ¥500 · 7 days
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