Kiyosumi Teien (Kiyosumi Garden)

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  • Address
    3-3-9 Kiyosumi, Kōtō-ku
  • Phone
    3641 5892
  • Transport
    underground rail: Toei Ōedo or Hanzōmon Line to Kiyosumi-shirakawa (exit A3)

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Lonely Planet review

This marvellous garden was the first location to be designated a site of scenic beauty by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government - and it's easy to see why. The origins of Kiyosumi Garden date back to 1721 as a villa for a daimyō . Although the villa itself was destroyed in the 1923 earthquake, the property thereafter was purchased by Iwasaki Yatarō, founder of the Mitsubishi Corporation. He was able to use company ships to transport prize stones to here from all over Japan - count all 50 (they're numbered). They're set around a pond ringed with Japanese black pine, hydrangeas, Taiwan cherries and other plants designed to bloom at different times of the year.