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Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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 Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) In 1961, the Western-style house and the billiard room were designated as Important Cultural Properties, and in 1969, the main hall of the Japanese-style house, along with the sleeve wall east of the Western-style house, and in 1999, the entire site including the brick wall and the measured drawings were each designated as Important Cultural Properties. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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 Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) It became national property in 1952, was requisitioned by the GHQ after the war, and after its return, was used as the Supreme Court Judicial Research and Training Institute. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #tokyoguide YouTube http...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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  Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) The vast garden, partly following the daimyo garden style, is a combination of Japanese and Western styles in its architectural style, and retains an early form of a modern garden with a "lawn garden." Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotrav...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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 Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) You can catch a glimpse of the elaborate pure Japanese-style architecture of the time, centered around the existing main hall. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #tokyotrip #tokyoguide YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Tokyo_Lo-FiMusic Instagram ...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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  Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) The Japanese-style house, connected to the Western-style house, is based on the shoin-zukuri style, and the tokonoma and fusuma have remaining screen paintings said to have been drawn by Meiji-era Japanese painter Gaho Hashimoto. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyo...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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 Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) The Conder-designed billiard room (billiard hall), built as a separate building, is a Swiss chalet-style wooden building that was very rare in Japan at the time, and is connected to the Western-style house by an underground passage. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tok...

Kyu Shiba Rikyu Onshi Teien(旧芝離宮恩賜庭園)

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 Kyu Shiba Rikyu Onshi Teien(旧芝離宮恩賜庭園) Along with Koishikawa Korakuen, it is one of the early Edo period daimyo gardens remaining in Tokyo today. It is a garden that well expresses the characteristics of a strolling-style pond garden that conveys the tastes of the Edo period with its bold rock arrangements. The layout of the garden around the pond and the placement of the stones are excellent. Land reclaimed from the sea around 1655-1658 was granted to Senior Council Okubo Tadato from the 4th Shogun Ietsuna in 1678. It is said that when Tadato built his residence, he called a gardener from his domain, Odawara, to create the garden. The garden was called 'Rakujuen.' After passing through several owners, the garden became the Shiba residence of the Kishu Tokugawa family around the end of the Edo period. It then became the property of the Arisugawa-no-miya family, and the Imperial Household Ministry bought it, turning it into Shiba Rikyu. The detached palace suffered severe damage...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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  Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) The interior is decorated with magnificent Jacobean-style decorations throughout, and the delicate design, unlike many Western-style buildings built during the same period, retains the atmosphere of the past. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel ...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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The two-story wooden Western-style house with a basement was designed by Josiah Conder, a British architect famous for designing the Rokumeikan, and is a Western-style wooden building representative of modern Japanese housing. Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTouri...

Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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  Kyu Iwasakitei Teien(旧岩崎邸庭園) In its heyday, 20 buildings stood on approximately 15,000 tsubo (about 12 acres), but now only three buildings remain: the Western-style house, the billiard room, and the main hall of the Japanese-style house. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel...

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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 Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden(旧岩崎邸庭園) Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden, known as a garden where the winds of time blow, was built in 1896 as the main residence of Hisaya Iwasaki, the eldest son of Yataro Iwasaki and the third president of Mitsubishi. Address: 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-3823-8340 Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-iwasaki-tei/index.html Transportation: Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line "Yushima" (C13), 3 minutes walk from Exit 1 (For strollers and wheelchairs, please use the elevator at Exit 3) Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Ueno-hirokoji" (G15), 10 minutes walk Toei Subway Oedo Line "Ueno-okachimachi" (E09), 10 minutes walk JR Yamanote Line/Keihin-Tohoku Line "Okachimachi", 15 minutes walk No parking available. 🇯🇵JAPAN We are introducing the wonderful scenery of Tokyo Lo-Fi Music on YouTube. The main video is available on YouTube. Please check the link in my profile. #tokyo #japan #tokyosightseeing #tokyoTourist #tokyotravel #toky...

Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden(旧岩崎邸庭園)

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  Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden(旧岩崎邸庭園) Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden, known as a garden where the winds of time blow, was built in 1896 as the main residence of Hisaya Iwasaki, the eldest son of Yataro Iwasaki and the third president of Mitsubishi. In its heyday, 20 buildings stood on approximately 15,000 tsubo (about 12 acres), but now only three buildings remain: the Western-style house, the billiard room, and the main hall of the Japanese-style house. The two-story wooden Western-style house with a basement was designed by Josiah Conder, a British architect famous for designing the Rokumeikan, and is a Western-style wooden building representative of modern Japanese housing. The interior is decorated with magnificent Jacobean-style decorations throughout, and the delicate design, unlike many Western-style buildings built during the same period, retains the atmosphere of the past. The Conder-designed billiard room (billiard hall), built as a separate building, is a Swiss chalet-style wooden bu...