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Shinshuen

A classical Chinese garden tucked behind Kawasaki Daishi, gifted by the city of Shenyang, with seasonal pavilions and free admission.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Higashitakane Forest Park

A forest park in central Kawasaki where a rare ancient oak wood, a working rice paddy, and a buried Yayoi settlement sit on top of one another.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Rikugien Garden

Rikugien Garden is one of Tokyo's two great daimyo gardens, with 88 scenic spots recreating famous landscapes celebrated in Japanese poetry.

Tokyo

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Park & Garden

Shinshuen

A classical Chinese garden tucked behind Kawasaki Daishi, gifted by the city of Shenyang, with seasonal pavilions and free admission.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Higashitakane Forest Park

A forest park in central Kawasaki where a rare ancient oak wood, a working rice paddy, and a buried Yayoi settlement sit on top of one another.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Rikugien Garden

Rikugien Garden is one of Tokyo's two great daimyo gardens, with 88 scenic spots recreating famous landscapes celebrated in Japanese poetry.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

The park honors victims of the 1945 atomic bombing and preserves the Atomic Bomb Dome, the sole standing building near ground zero, alongside monuments and a museum.

Hiroshima

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Ikuta Ryokuchi Park

Kawasaki's largest green space, blending woodland and wetland with museums, a planetarium, indigo dyeing, and seasonal cherry blossom, irises, and autumn foliage.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Okayama Koraku-en

One of Japan's three most beautiful gardens, featuring a central pond with islands and bridges, tea house, and abundant cherry blossoms in spring.

Okayama

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Kairakuen

One of Japan's Three Great Gardens spanning 300 hectares, built in 1842 and renowned for its plum trees and cherry blossoms that bloom seasonally.

Mito · Ibaraki

Museum

Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum

Located in Tokushima Central Park on the former castle grounds, this shoin-zukuri style museum houses historical materials related to the Tokushima Domain and its ruling Hachisuka clan.

Tokushima

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Keisei Rose Garden

Keisei Rose Garden features more than 1,600 rose varieties across over 10,000 plants, including a restaurant, bakery, and garden center.

Yachiyo · Chiba

Park & Garden

Future Rose Garden

This renovated rose garden in Yokohama's Yamashita Park features nearly 1,900 plants selected for disease resistance and year-round interest.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

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Yamanashi Fuefukigawa Fruit Park

Visitors to this Yamanashi fruit park can pick and taste varieties of fresh produce while enjoying the scenic grounds, plus a restaurant and petting zoo.

Yamanashi

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Mogami Park (Shinjo Castle Park)

A historical park built around the ruins of a 16th-century fortress, featuring reconstructed architecture and gardens with panoramic city views.

Shinjo · Yamagata

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Kenrokuen Garden

One of Japan's three great gardens, featuring an artificial pond symbolizing the sea and developed by the Maeda clan over two centuries.

Kanazawa · Ishikawa

Park & Garden

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens combines a Western stone mansion, rose garden, and traditional Japanese strolling garden, blending European and Japanese design on Tokyo's Musashino Plateau.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

Southeast Botanical Gardens

Southeast Botanical Gardens displays over 30,000 plant specimens representing 1,300 species, offering learning programs and hosting events from intimate gatherings to large weddings.

Okinawa

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Rojo Park

Rojo Park occupies the former third bailey of Komatsu Castle, featuring stone monuments, statues of feudal lord Toshitsune Maeda, multiple ponds, and cultural facilities.

Komatsu · Ishikawa

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Nara Park

Large public park in Nara home to over 1,200 free-ranging sacred Sika deer, with historical temples and shrines for visitors to explore.

Nara

Park & Garden

Kōno Park

Public park in Saga Prefecture with ornamental gardens, cherry blossoms, walking trails, and recreation facilities for families visiting the area.

Saga