- The Rikugi-en gardens is a beautiful part of Tokyo city and well worth visiting if you are in the area. Rikugi-en gardens.
- Rikugi-en, located in Tokyo’s northern Komagome district, is a pristine and exceptionally beautiful garden dating back to the Edo Period.
- While it is not as centrally located as some of Tokyo's other famous gardens, visiting Rikugi-en is a must for fans of traditional Japanese gardens.
- If you love Japanese gardens, we have to go to Rikugi-en. This gorgeous stroll garden features 88 real-life views from famous poems, and is artfully designed to...
- We went to Komagome station and walking five minutes out of the station we arrived to Rikugi-en gardens (六義園 ,Google Maps).
- The Features Of Rikugi-en Garden. As with many strolling-type gardens of the time, this garden was designed to be an experience outside of greenery and flowers.
- The Rikugi-en in Komagome is one of Tokyo's most beautiful gardens. The land was given by shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi to his grand chamberlain...
- Built around 1700 for the 5th Tokugawa Shogun, Rikugi-en literally means “six poems garden” and reproduces in miniature 88 scenes from famous poems.
- Completed around 1700, it was created for the mansion of a high-ranking samurai. dsc_0585. Rikugi-en means Garden of the Six Principles of Poetry.