Garden · Shibamata

Shibamata Yamamoto-tei 柴又 山本亭

A Taisho-era house mixing Japanese and Western rooms around a classic garden with a waterfall, consistently ranked among the top Japanese gardens by the US journal Sukiya Living; matcha in the tatami rooms costs a few hundred yen.

About

Built for the Yamamoto family, owners of a camera-parts factory, in the 1920s and remodelled through the early Showa years, Yamamoto-tei combines a nagaya-mon gate, a run of tatami rooms with long engawa verandas and a single Western-style parlour with stained glass and a fireplace. All face a karesansui-meets-pond garden with a waterfall, stone lanterns and carefully clipped pines, and it is the view from the tatami rooms, seated with matcha and a seasonal sweet, that has earned the house its place among the top-rated Japanese gardens in the US magazine The Journal of Japanese Gardening (Sukiya Living) for years. Its right beside the Tora-san Museum and is the calmest spot in Shibamata.

Highlights

• Taisho-era house blending tatami rooms with a Western parlour
• Pond garden with waterfall, viewed from the engawa
• Matcha and wagashi served in the tatami rooms
• Ranked among the top Japanese gardens by Sukiya Living journal

Tips

• Buy the combined ticket with the Tora-san Museum.
• Order matcha and sit on the tatami facing the garden; its the whole point.
• Closed on the third Tuesday of each month.

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

Nearby

• Katsushika Shibamata Tora-san Museum & Yoji Yamada MuseumMuseum · 110 m away
• Taishakuten Carved Gallery & Suikei GardenLocal Secret · 150 m away
• Shibamata TaishakutenTemple · 180 m away
• Kawachiya (Shibamata Eel)Restaurant · 270 m away
• Monzen Toraya (Shibamata)Café & Sweets · 280 m away
• Yagiri no Watashi FerryLocal Secret · 300 m away
• Takagiya RouhoCafé & Sweets · 310 m away
• Shibamata Haikara YokochoUnique Store · 340 m away