Hama-rikyu Gardens
©AFLO
Featuring a tidal pond with water drawn from Tokyo Bay and duck hunting grounds, Hama-rikyu Gardens is the garden of the Tokugawa Shogunate family, and functioned as the branch castle of the Edo Castle during the Edo era. It's said that the garden's current form was completed during the reign of the 11th-generation Shogun, Ienari. After the Meiji Restoration, it became the detached palace of the imperial family, and was renamed Hama-rikyu.
View scenic routes that include this spot
WATER TAXI CRUISE

More Information about Hama-rikyu Gardens
Street address
- 1-1, Hamarikyu-teien, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Access
Route1
- <Otemon Gate>
7 minutes by foot from Tsukijishijo Station or Shiodome Station on the Toei Subway Oedo Line/ Shiodome Station on the Yurikamome Line
- <Otemon Gate>
Route2
- <Naka-no-gomon Gate>
5 minutes by foot from Shiodome Station on the Yurikamome Line
- <Naka-no-gomon Gate>
Opening Hours
- 9:00-16:30 (Close at 17:00)
Closed
- December 29 - January 1
Best season
- Mar., Apr., May, Oct., Nov.
Point
- Regular guided tours are provided.
Japanese-speaking guides: Saturday, Sunday, and national holiday 11:00・14:00
English-speaking guides: Saturday, Sunday, and second and fourth Monday 11:00
update: Dec.25.2024

Spots around
-
Harajuku Takeshita Street
-
Meiji Jingu
-
The Sumida Hokusai Museum
-
Nezu Museum
-
SKY BUS TOKYO(Odaiba Night Course)
-
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
-
Izakaya experience
(Kabukicho) -
Azabu-Juban
-
Tofuya Ukai
-
NAKANO BROADWAY
-
Tama Sushi (sushi-making experience)
-
YanakaGinza(Shopping Street)/Nezu-jinja Shrine
-
Shunkaen BONSAI Museum
-
Shibuya
-
Ameyoko(Shopping Street)
-
teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM
-
Ebisu Yokocho
-
Edo Kiriko Asakusa Ojima
-
SUIGIAN
-
Tokyo Sakura Tram(Toden Arakawa Line)
-
Mt. Takao
-
Kanda Myojin Shrine
-
TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN (a city walk between Asakusa and TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN)
-
Edo Kiriko glass making experience (at Sumida Edo Kiriko Kan)
-
Sake tasting experience
(Meishu Center Sake Shop Ochanomizu) -
ANIME TOKYO STATION
-
BOOK AND BED TOKYO
-
teamLab Borderless Odaiba(Closed down on August 31, 2022)
-
Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
-
Shibamata
-
Akihabara
-
Rikugien Gardens
-
Nihonbashi (cultural experience)
-
Kagurazaka
-
Water Bus (Tokyo Cruise)
-
Shibuya Scramble Square
-
Water Bus (Kasai- Odaiba Line)
-
Water bus (Asakusa-Odaiba line)
-
Sushi making experience (Hassan)
-
Toyosu Market and Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai
-
Tsukiji Outer Market (Tsukiji Kanno)
-
Origami experience
(Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan) -
SMALL WORLDS miniature museum
-
Tokyo City View