Garden · Kokubunji

Tonogayato Garden 殿ヶ谷戸庭園

A hidden Taisho-era villa garden right by Kokubunji Station. A lawn on the cliff top drops into a ravine of bamboo, maples and a spring-fed pond. It is one of Tokyo's nine metropolitan gardens and by far the least visited.

About

Built in 1913–15 as the country villa of Eguchi Teijo, a director of the South Manchuria Railway, and later owned by the Mitsubishi Iwasaki family, Tonogayato Garden is a "kaiyu" stroll garden built along the edge of the Kokubunji cliff. On top is a broad lawn with a Western-style house. Below, paths drop through a bamboo grove and a maple ravine to a spring-fed pond with an elegant teahouse, the Koyo-tei. In late November its maples are fantastic, and in spring there are katakuri lilies and kerria. It costs very little, is a few minutes from the station, and is often almost empty even at peak colour.

Highlights

• A Taisho-era villa garden built along the Kokubunji cliff
• A bamboo grove and maple ravine leading down to a spring-fed pond
• The Koyo-tei teahouse overlooking the pond
• Spectacular late-November maples with few crowds
• Rare katakuri lilies in early spring

Tips

• It's only a 2-minute walk from Kokubunji Station's south exit. Enter by the gate on the main road.
• Late November is peak koyo. Go in the morning for soft light.
• Seniors (65+) pay a reduced fee. Children and Tokyo junior-high students enter free.

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