Kyū-Shiba-Rikyū Garden 旧芝離宮恩賜庭園
Kyū-Shiba-Rikyū: garden from 1678, granted by the 4th shōgun Ietsuna, 150 yen
One of the four gardens of daimyō (the feudal lords of pre-modern Japan) that survive in Tokyo from the early Edo period, along with Koishikawa Kōraku-en, Rikugi-en and Hama-Rikyū. It changed hands among a number of daimyō families until 1846, when it passed to the Kii branch of the Tokugawa; it became an imperial residence in 1871 and a detached imperial villa in 1876. In January 1924, for the wedding of Emperor Shōwa, it was donated to the city of Tokyo, which opened it to the public on 20 April of the same year. It covers 43,175 square metres, and has been a 名勝 (meisho) since 1979: the national designation for places of scenic beauty.
Tokyo
Hamamatsucho, Monorail Hamamatsucho, Daimon
