Visit Duration
60 minutes
Kiyosumi Garden
清澄庭園Koto, Tokyo
Garden
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At a Glance
Kiyosumi Garden is a Tokyo metropolitan stroll garden in the Fukagawa area of Koto Ward. A large pond with three islands and a teahouse fills most of the grounds, and a path circles the water. The basic form of the garden dates to the 1720s, when the feudal lord Kuze built his Edo residence here, and in 1878 Iwasaki Yataro, the founder of Mitsubishi, bought the land to enjoy with his employees and to entertain important guests.
Iwasaki had rocks brought by company ships from all over Japan, and they form the hills, dry waterfalls and the isowatari stepping stones across the pond. For this reason the garden is often seen as a stone garden. It sheltered many residents after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, and Mitsubishi donated it to Tokyo City in 1932. Black pines, azaleas, hydrangeas and irises add seasonal colour, and a monument carved with Basho's frog haiku stands in the grounds.
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