Rikugien Garden
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Rikugien Garden (六義園[1] Rikugien?) is a Tokyo metropolitan park in Bunkyō-ku. The name Rikugi comes from the idea of the six elements in waka poetry (en means garden or park). The park consists of a small pond, trees, and a hill. The traditional Japanese garden within the park is a tourist attraction.
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[edit] History
The park was built in 1695 by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu by permission of the fifth shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and completed in 1702. In 1938, it was donated to the Tokyo City government.
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The park is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is a short walk from Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote line and the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line. There are no parking lots.
General admission (junior high school and above) is 300 yen. People over 65 pay 150 yen, and students under junior high school age (and junior high school students from Bunkyō-ku) may enter free.
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