This time, we received special permission to take drone footage of Mukojima Hyakkaen Gardens.
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What is Mukojima Hyakkaen?
This garden was created during the Bunka and Bunsei eras (1804-1830), when Edo townspeople culture flourished. The garden was created by Sawara Marido, who had previously run an antiques business. With the cooperation of Edo literati with whom he was acquainted, he created and opened a "private flower garden" centered on the appreciation of blooming flowers on the site of the former residence of the Taga clan, a samurai samurai, in Mukojima.
When the garden first opened, it was mainly made up of 360 plum trees, and was called the "New Plum Garden" in comparison to the famous plum garden at the time at Seikoan Aji Garyuume in Kameido. Later, famous plants mentioned in Chinese and Japanese classics such as the Book of Songs and the Manyoshu, such as Miyaginohagi and Tsukuba Pampas Grass, were collected so that flowers would bloom throughout the seasons. One theory is that the name "Hyakkaen" (Hundred Flower Garden) was given because "the plum blossoms bloom before the other hundred flowers" or "a garden where a hundred flowers bloom in profusion throughout the four seasons."
Hyakkaen was created by the leading intellectuals of the time, and as a garden rich in literati taste and common people's style, it has a beauty different from that of feudal lord gardens such as Koishikawa Korakuen and Rikugien.
The history of the Hyakkaen Garden as a private facility continued until 1938, when it was donated to the city of Tokyo by the widow of the garden's last owner, Mrs. Ogura, in October of that year. The city of Tokyo began opening the garden to the public on a limited basis, for a fee, in July of the following year. In October 1978, the garden was designated a national place of scenic beauty and a historic site under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
spring…Japanese snowbell, dead nettle, redbud, mountain laurel, Japanese laurel, Japanese laurel, forget-me-not, Japanese ginger, meadowsweet, Bryanthemum vulgare, Deutzia, Dogtooth violet, Cymbidium orchid, Mitsumata, Cornus officinalis, Japanese quince, cherry blossom, Calanthe, Epimedium, Japanese laurel, Arum japonica, Iris
summer…Bellflower, pomegranate, black laurel, mountain lily, valerian lily, dianthus, kudzu, togo daisy, maple, lythrum salicaria, Japanese silvergrass, ominaeshi, hibiscus, trumpet vine, bush clover, Japanese laurel, Japanese white flower, hibiscus, gourd, Japanese laurel, hydrangea, iris, and ground cherry
autumn…Lesser cuckoo, Chinese holly, Japanese anemone, Japanese knotweed, camellia, camellia sasanqua, goldenrod, Japanese laurel, red spider lily, globe amaranth, silver grass, and Japanese knotweed
winter…Camellia, wintersweet, plum, ambrosia, setsubunsou, Chinese quince, Japanese laurel, daffodil, daffodil
access
⚫︎About 8 minutes walk from Higashi-Mukojima Station on the Tobu Skytree Line
⚫︎About 13 minutes walk from Keisei Hikifune Station on the Keisei Electric Railway Oshiage Line
⚫︎Toei Bus Kameido-Nippori (Sato 22) Get off at "Hyakkaen-mae" and walk for about 2-3 minutes
Opening hours
9:00am - 5:00pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed Days
Year-end and New Year holidays (December 29th to January 1st of the following year)
*Mukojima Hyakkaen will be closed from December 29th to January 3rd, however, during the Sumida River Seven Lucky Gods Tour, only the Fukurokuju Sondo Hall area will be open to the public.
*The park may be open on closed days or with extended hours during events and Golden Week.
*Cultural properties are valuable assets that should be passed on to future generations, and in order to protect them, regular preservation and repair work is required. We ask for your understanding and cooperation.
*Mukojima Hyakkaen is a Japanese garden that is artistically or aesthetically valuable and has been designated a national place of scenic beauty and historic site under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (Article 2). It is a facility that many people can enjoy quietly, with the utmost care, in order to ensure that it is properly preserved. Therefore, we do not allow pets in the garden.
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