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Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo ホテル椿山荘東京

A hillside estate garden once owned by Meiji statesman Yamagata Aritomo, with a centuries-old three-storey pagoda brought from Hiroshima and the hotel's 'Tokyo Unkai' sea of clouds, artificial fog that floods the garden several times a day.

About

Chinzanso, the 'villa of the camellia hill', began in 1878 as the estate of Prince Yamagata Aritomo, who laid out the strolling garden on the slopes above the Kanda River. The Fujita family bought it in 1918 and in 1925 brought here the Entsukaku, a three-storey wooden pagoda from Chikurinji temple in Hiroshima. It is now a nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property. Today the garden of roughly 16 acres surrounds a grand hotel and wedding venue. It is crossed by streams and stone paths and dotted with old lanterns and stone Buddhas. Since 2020, the hotel's 'Tokyo Unkai' fog show has released mist from hundreds of nozzles several times a day, filling the valley and swirling around the pagoda. At night the garden is lit, and in June wild fireflies come out along the stream. Le Jardin lounge looks over it all for afternoon tea, and the restaurants in the garden include a soba house and a teppanyaki pavilion.

Highlights

• Tokyo Unkai: fog that rolls through the garden several times a day
• Entsukaku, a centuries-old three-storey pagoda moved from Hiroshima in 1925
• Hillside strolling garden laid out by Yamagata Aritomo in the Meiji era
• Firefly evenings in June and camellias in early spring
• Le Jardin lounge with garden-view afternoon tea

Tips

• Check the hotel site for the day's fog show times; evening shows with lighting are the most magical
• Garden access rules for non-guests can change; booking a meal or afternoon tea guarantees entry
• Combine with St. Mary's Cathedral by Kenzo Tange, directly across the road
• From Edogawabashi Station, walk along the Kanda River and climb the hill

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Nearby

• Sekiguchi Basho-anLocal Secret · 180 m away
• Eisei Bunko MuseumMuseum · 190 m away
• Edogawa ParkPark · 200 m away
• St. Mary's Cathedral, TokyoLocal Secret · 250 m away
• Higo Hosokawa GardenGarden · 370 m away
• Hatoyama HallLocal Secret · 460 m away
• Waseda University Okuma AuditoriumLandmark & Tower · 510 m away
• MENSHO (Gokokuji)Ramen & Noodles · 540 m away