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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

City park in Hiroshima built after the 1945 atomic bombing to mourn its dead and pray for peace, with the Atomic Bomb Dome, memorials and a museum.

Hiroshima

Park & Garden

Rikugien Garden

One of Edo's two great gardens, built by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in Tokyo around a pond and hills, with 88 scenes drawn from waka poetry and Chinese classics.

Tokyo

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Umeno Park

Plum blossom park in Ome, Tokyo, with about 1,200 trees replanted from 2016 after plum pox, and a main venue of the Yoshino Baigo Plum Festival each spring.

Ome · Tokyo

Park & Garden

Nishinomaru Garden

Early Edo period daimyo garden on the slope of Wakayama Castle, built around a waterfall stone setting and the inner moat, and known for its autumn maples.

Wakayama

Park & Garden

Sanuki Manno Park

Shikoku's only state-run park, 350 hectares of seasonal flowers, lawns, playgrounds and cycling paths, with Shikoku's largest RV campground and a dog run.

Manno · Kagawa

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Kenrokuen Garden

A strolling garden in Kanazawa laid out by the lords of Kaga over two centuries, counted among the Three Great Gardens of Japan.

Kanazawa · Ishikawa

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Kunenan

The villa garden of the Itami family in Kanzaki, Saga, a national Place of Scenic Beauty known for its maples and moss, open only in spring and autumn.

Kanzaki · Saga

Historic Site

Tokushima Castle Ruins

Ruins of the Hachisuka family's castle in central Tokushima, with stone walls of local schist, a rebuilt main gate and a Momoyama-style garden.

Tokushima

Park & Garden

Ueno Park

Metropolitan park on the former grounds of Kan'ei-ji temple, opened in 1873 as one of Japan's first parks, with museums, a zoo and about 1,200 cherry trees.

Tokyo

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Kyoto Gyoen National Garden

National garden of about 65 hectares around the Kyoto Imperial Palace, laid out from 1877 on the cleared quarter of the court nobles' residences.

Kyoto

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Okayama Koraku-en

Daimyo garden of the Okayama lords, laid out from 1687 and one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, with lawns, ponds, a winding stream and cranes.

Okayama

Park & Garden

Kairakuen

One of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, opened in 1842 by Tokugawa Nariaki, with about 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties and the Kobuntei pavilion.

Mito · Ibaraki

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Ashikaga Flower Park

Ashikaga park with pink, purple and white wisteria, a wisteria tunnel, rose and tulip gardens, and night illuminations counted among Japan's three greatest.

Ashikaga · Tochigi

Park & Garden

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

Garden estate on Tokyo's Musashino Plateau where European and Japanese design meet: a Western stone mansion and rose garden above a Japanese strolling garden.

Tokyo

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HANA・BIYORI

A flower park next to Yomiuriland with hanging flower displays, a Piet Oudolf garden and a Japanese garden with two Important Cultural Properties.

Inagi · Tokyo

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Komazawa Olympic Park

Park and sports grounds that served as the second venue of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, with a stadium, gymnasium, ball fields and a cycling course.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

Kono Park

A park in Saga on the grounds of a Saga domain lord's villa, with the 1846 Kono no Ochaya, Kakurintei tea room, cherry trees and a children's amusement park.

Saga

Park & Garden

The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

The East Gardens cover about 210,000 square metres of the former Edo Castle grounds, with the keep base, the Fujimi-yagura tower and the Ninomaru Garden.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

City park in Hiroshima built after the 1945 atomic bombing to mourn its dead and pray for peace, with the Atomic Bomb Dome, memorials and a museum.

Hiroshima

Park & Garden

Rikugien Garden

One of Edo's two great gardens, built by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in Tokyo around a pond and hills, with 88 scenes drawn from waka poetry and Chinese classics.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

Umeno Park

Plum blossom park in Ome, Tokyo, with about 1,200 trees replanted from 2016 after plum pox, and a main venue of the Yoshino Baigo Plum Festival each spring.

Ome · Tokyo

Park & Garden

Nishinomaru Garden

Early Edo period daimyo garden on the slope of Wakayama Castle, built around a waterfall stone setting and the inner moat, and known for its autumn maples.

Wakayama

Park & Garden

Sanuki Manno Park

Shikoku's only state-run park, 350 hectares of seasonal flowers, lawns, playgrounds and cycling paths, with Shikoku's largest RV campground and a dog run.

Manno · Kagawa

Park & Garden

Kenrokuen Garden

A strolling garden in Kanazawa laid out by the lords of Kaga over two centuries, counted among the Three Great Gardens of Japan.

Kanazawa · Ishikawa

Park & Garden

Kunenan

The villa garden of the Itami family in Kanzaki, Saga, a national Place of Scenic Beauty known for its maples and moss, open only in spring and autumn.

Kanzaki · Saga

Historic Site

Tokushima Castle Ruins

Ruins of the Hachisuka family's castle in central Tokushima, with stone walls of local schist, a rebuilt main gate and a Momoyama-style garden.

Tokushima

Park & Garden

Ueno Park

Metropolitan park on the former grounds of Kan'ei-ji temple, opened in 1873 as one of Japan's first parks, with museums, a zoo and about 1,200 cherry trees.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

Kyoto Gyoen National Garden

National garden of about 65 hectares around the Kyoto Imperial Palace, laid out from 1877 on the cleared quarter of the court nobles' residences.

Kyoto

Park & Garden

Okayama Koraku-en

Daimyo garden of the Okayama lords, laid out from 1687 and one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, with lawns, ponds, a winding stream and cranes.

Okayama

Park & Garden

Kairakuen

One of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, opened in 1842 by Tokugawa Nariaki, with about 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties and the Kobuntei pavilion.

Mito · Ibaraki

Park & Garden

Ashikaga Flower Park

Ashikaga park with pink, purple and white wisteria, a wisteria tunnel, rose and tulip gardens, and night illuminations counted among Japan's three greatest.

Ashikaga · Tochigi

Park & Garden

Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

Garden estate on Tokyo's Musashino Plateau where European and Japanese design meet: a Western stone mansion and rose garden above a Japanese strolling garden.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

HANA・BIYORI

A flower park next to Yomiuriland with hanging flower displays, a Piet Oudolf garden and a Japanese garden with two Important Cultural Properties.

Inagi · Tokyo

Park & Garden

Komazawa Olympic Park

Park and sports grounds that served as the second venue of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, with a stadium, gymnasium, ball fields and a cycling course.

Tokyo

Park & Garden

Kono Park

A park in Saga on the grounds of a Saga domain lord's villa, with the 1846 Kono no Ochaya, Kakurintei tea room, cherry trees and a children's amusement park.

Saga

Park & Garden

The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

The East Gardens cover about 210,000 square metres of the former Edo Castle grounds, with the keep base, the Fujimi-yagura tower and the Ninomaru Garden.

Tokyo

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