Hamarikyu Gardens

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 11 January 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

Hamarikyu Gardens (浜離宮恩賜庭園) is a public park in Tokyo, Japan. Located at the mouth of the Sumida River in Chūō-ku, it was opened in April 1st, 1946. The park is a 250,165 m² landscaped garden surrounding Shioiri Pond, the park itself surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century.
The garden has an atmosphere of tranquility where visitors can forget the passage of time. Visitors can also enjoy refreshment at a teashop in Nakashima located in the middle of the pond in the garden that offers matcha and Japanese sweets in a tea-ceremony style. A peony garden, plum tree grove and cosmos fields render flowers and greenery enjoyable in every season. Exhibitions falcon and Japanese goshawk traditional hunting techniques are demonstrated daily.
Reference: Wikipedia

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Hamarikyu Gardens. October 2nd, 2005

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