KOISHIKAWA KORAKUEN GARDEN, Koishikawa Korakuen Garden

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, one of the oldest and most romantic in Tokyo.

The Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is considered a national monument, and is one of the city’s most popular places.

This marvelous garden, featuring numerous lakes, ponds, old bridges, lanterns and monuments, is one of only two gardens of the Japanese feudal lords of the Edo Period to have survived to this day. Work on the garden was begun way back in 1629 by Tokugawa Yorifusa, and completed by his son Tokugawa Mitsukuni, two members of the Mito clan of the Tokugawa feudal lords that governed Edo.

The name Korakuen derives from a Chinese poem of the same name that encouraged the emperor to enjoy pleasure only after obtaining happiness for his people, while Koishikawa is the name of the Tokyo district the garden is located in....