A few pictures from a daytrip to the famous Hama Rikyu Gardens 浜離宮恩賜庭園. This garden has been built in the 17th century by the 11th Tokugawa Shogun and survived the WWII as well as the great Kanto earthquake. Having been mainly a detached 'palace' for the imperial family, It hasn't been opened to public until 1945.
Nowadays, the Hama-rikyu-teien lies in one of the most central places in Tokyo: chuo-ku 中央区 (translates somewhat into central-district), which is not far away from the bay area, providing a stunning contrast between modern day concrete buildings and traditional garden landscapes (on sunny weather one even can see the famous Rainbow bridge from the gardens, which connects the artificial island of O-daiba お台場 with the rest of Tokyo).
There was also a small Italian garden outside, just in front of the tracks of the famous Yurikamome-line ゆりかもめ線.
The park itself has some atractions, among them a "water bus", flowers en masse, small mountains where the royals used to duck-hunt, a tea house on a small island in one of the ponds and strange and 300 years old trees.
...and slowly faded the sun away while we enjoyed our drinks in Odaiba with a great view on the Rainbow Bridge.
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Nowadays, the Hama-rikyu-teien lies in one of the most central places in Tokyo: chuo-ku 中央区 (translates somewhat into central-district), which is not far away from the bay area, providing a stunning contrast between modern day concrete buildings and traditional garden landscapes (on sunny weather one even can see the famous Rainbow bridge from the gardens, which connects the artificial island of O-daiba お台場 with the rest of Tokyo).
There was also a small Italian garden outside, just in front of the tracks of the famous Yurikamome-line ゆりかもめ線.
The park itself has some atractions, among them a "water bus", flowers en masse, small mountains where the royals used to duck-hunt, a tea house on a small island in one of the ponds and strange and 300 years old trees.
...and slowly faded the sun away while we enjoyed our drinks in Odaiba with a great view on the Rainbow Bridge.
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