Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

One of the most beautiful sceneries in Tokyo can be found in the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. This popular park in Tokyo is considered one of the most important parks in Japan from the Meiji era with thousands of trees from different regions of the world covering an impressive 58.3 hectares has varied strolling paths with the typical atmosphere Japan is renowned for.

A favorite Japanese pastime is the centuries old tradition of Hanami, which translates into flower viewing. And this park is a popular destination for it. This parks offers anything from calm paths past various ponds of water, to fantastic picnic sites between over 1500 cherry blossom trees which all come to blossom during the early spring. And maple trees coloring the park during the autumn. Which makes this park an ideal place to visually experience the ever changing seasons of Japan.

This park is actually one of the most appreciated cherry blossom parks in Tokyo and locals will spend their lunchtime to come here and appreciate them. A very typical trait of the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is that there are a lot of pathways over small streams of water ensuring relaxing and diverse paths with an amazing backdrop.

On occasion you will spot the skyscrapers of Tokyo above the horizon, creating some nice photo moments. In the north of the park the design naturally flows into a more French and English park design. Another notable feature of this park is the traditional Japanese tea house you will find here and the 15 meters tall greenhouse where tropical plants are put on display for you to enjoy.

This national park does has a small entrance fee, which is quite worth it if you want to enjoy a nice change of pace in the best reviewed traditional park in Tokyo. It is the best park in Tokyo for enjoying authentic Japanese landscape architecture.