List of parks and gardens in Tokyo
Urban parks and gardens
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Park
! Location ! Created ! Area (m2) ! Remarks | ||||
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style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Kita | 1999 | 54,020 | | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Itabashi | 1974 | 250,466 | |Largest park wholly in Itabashi Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Nerima | 1988 | 18,200 | | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Arakawa | 1974 | 61,068 | Largest park in Arakawa Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Minato | 1934 | 67,131 | Largest park in Minato Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Kita | 1873 | 73,000 | Largest park in Kita Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Toshima | 1990 | 5,542 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Bunkyō | 1952 | 40,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Chiyoda | 1968 | 210,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Nakano | 1971 | 60,224 | Largest park in Nakano Ward |
Fuchū-no-Mori Park | Fuchū | 1991 | 169,748 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Chūō | 1946 | 250,215 | Largest park in Chūō Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Chūō | 17,700 | ||
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|Heiwa-no-Mori Park | Ōta | 1982 | 99,000 | Largest park wholly in Ōta Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Chiyoda | 1903 | 161,636 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Bunkyō | 1961 | 500 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Itabashi and Nerima | 1974 | 607,823 | Largest park in Nerima Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Meguro | 1933 | 43,533 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Toshima | 1970 | 3,123 | |
Inokashira Park | Kichijōji | 1918 | 385,844 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Itabashi | 1968 | 7,725 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Minato | 2003 | 3,660 | |
Jindai Botanical Garden | Chōfu | 1961 | 425,433 | | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Itabashi and Nerima | 1957 | 262,369 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Minato | 1952 | 9,183 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Shinjuku | 1969 | 14,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Edogawa | 1989 | 805,861 | Largest park in Edogawa Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Kōtō | 1992 | 238,711 | |
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|Kinshi Park | Sumida | 1928 | 56,124 | Largest park in Sumida Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Setagaya | 1957 | 391,777 | Largest park in Setagaya Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Kita | 1958 | 65,620 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Chiyoda | 1969 | 193,297 | |
Kiyosumi Garden | Fukagawa | 1932 | 37,434 | |
Koganei Park | Kodaira, Koganei, Musashino, and Nishitōkyō | 1954 | 793,544 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Bunkyō | 1877Year given to University of Tokyo | 161,588 | Largest gardens in Bunkyō Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Bunkyō | 1629 | 70,847 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Chiyoda | 1949 | 450,000 | Largest park in Chiyoda Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Meguro | 1975 | 40,400 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Meguro and Setagaya | 1964 | 413,537 | |
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|Kōyama Garden | Nerima | 1980 | 2,613 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Kita | 1956 | 30,780 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Taitō | 2001 | 16,912 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Chūō | 1924 | 42,035 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Nerima | 1958 | 2,576 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Meguro | 2013 | 75,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Shibuya | 83,000 | ||
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Minato and Shinjuku | 1926 | 580,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Toshima | 1997 | 3,201 | | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Toshima | 2016 | 7,811 | | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Toshima | 2013 | 12,226 | Largest park in Toshima Ward |
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|Mitsugi Park | Itabashi | 1952 | 14,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Shibuya | 1930 | 10,808 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Katsushika | 1965 | 921,539 | Largest park in Katsushika Ward; largest park in Tokyo's 23 wards |
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|Mizunoto Park | Nakano | 1930 | 2,272 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Sumida | 1939 | 8,718 | |
Mure-no-Sato Park | Mitaka | 1995 | 5,800 | |
Musashino Central Park | Musahsino | 1989 | 100,898 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Nerima | 1938 | 45,985 | |
Naganuma Park | Hachiōji | 1980 | 313,486 | |
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|Nakano Shiki no Mori Park | Nakano | 2012 | 20,780 | |
Nogawa Park | Chōfu | 1980 | 399,764 | |
Noyamakita-Rokudōyama Park | Musashimurayama | 1988 | 1,323,900 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Ōta and Shinagawa | 1978 | 454,271 | Largest park in Shinagawa Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Nerima | 1990 | 103,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Shinjuku | 1922 | 3,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Edogawa and Kōtō | 1997 | 249,282 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Bunkyō | 1938Year donated to city government | 87,809 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Meguro and Shinagawa | 1989 | 120,762 | | |
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|Saigōyama Park | Meguro | 1981 | 10,549 | Largest park wholly in Meguro Ward |
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|Sarue Park | Kōtō | 1981 | 145,088 | | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Nerima | 1959 | 223,785 | | |
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|Shikinokaori Park | Nerima | 1985 | 42,109 | | |
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|Shimizuike Park | Meguro | 1935 | 5,795 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Shinjuku | 1968 | 88,065 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Shibuya and Shinjuku | 1949 | 583,000 | Largest park in Shinjuku Ward |
Showa Memorial Park | Tachikawa | 1983 | 1,653,000 | Largest park in Tokyo |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Sumida and Taitō | 1931 | 107,797 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Suginami | 2020 | 95,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Nakano and Shinjuku | 1904 | 52,494 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Adachi | 1940 | 628,603 | Largest park in Adachi Ward |
Tonogayato Garden | Kokubunji | 1979 | 21,124 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Taitō | 1873 | 538,506 | Largest park in Taitō Ward |
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|Ukima Park | Itabashi | 1967 | 117,330 | |
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|Ukimatsuribori Park | Kita | 1960 | 3,000 | |
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|Wadabori Park | Suginami | 1964 | 199,936 | Largest park in Suginami Ward |
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|Wakasu Seaside Park | Kōtō | 1990 | 32,000 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Sumida | 1930 | 19,580 | |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Shibuya | 1967 | 541,000 | Largest park in Shibuya Ward |
style="background: #ABEBC6;" | Kōtō | 1978 | 433,212 | Largest park in Kōtō Ward |
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|Zenpukuji Park | Suginami | 1961 | 78,622 |
Note: Figures in bold are approximate values. A green row designates a special ward of Tokyo.
Gallery
File:Akabane Nature Observatory Park1.JPG|Akabane Nature Observatory Park
File:Akatsuka castle.jpg|Akatsuka Park
File:JindaijiBotanicalGardens5620.jpg|Jindaiji Botanical Gardens
File:East entrance to Mejiro-no-Mori 2016 11 30.jpg|Mejiro-no-Mori Park
File:ShakujiiPark-Lotuses.jpg|Shakujii Park
File:Shinjuku Gyoen Japanese Garden.jpg|Japanese Garden in Shinjuku Gyoen
File:UenoPark Hanami.jpg|Cherry blossoms in Ueno Park
Flowers
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Type of flower
! Blooming season ! Locations | ||
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Ume blossoms | February–March | Yoshino Baigo in Ome, Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden, Hanegi Park in Umegaoka |
Cherry blossoms (sakura) | Late March – early April | Ueno Park and Shinobazu Pond, Yoyogi Park, Shinjuku Gyoen, Inokashira Park in Kichijōji, Chidorigafuchi Imperial Palace moat near the Budokan, Meguro River, Aoyama Cemetery, Sumida Park and River near Asakusa, International Christian University |
Wisteria | Late April – early May | Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Kōtō Ward |
Azaleas | Late April – early May | Nezu Shrine, East Garden of the Imperial Palace, Shiofune Kannon Temple in Ome |
Roses | mid – late May | Jindai Botanical Garden in Chōfu |
Irises | early – mid June | Meiji Shrine, Horikiri Iris Garden |
Hydrangeas | June–July | Takahata Fudo Temple, Hino |
National parks
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There are four national parks in Tokyo:
- Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, in Nishitama and spilling over into Yamanashi and Saitama Prefectures
- Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park, around Mount Takao to the south of Hachioji.
- Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, which includes all of the Izu Islands.
- Ogasawara National Park. As of 2006, efforts were being made to make Ogasawara National Park a UNESCO natural World Heritage Site.
Notes
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