- Rikugi-en
nihongo|Rikugien Garden|六義園 [Easily misread as "Rokugien", because
Kanji 六 read as "roku" inGo-on (呉音) is basic knowledge among Japanese, but read as "riku" inkan-on (漢音) is not.] |Rikugien is a Tokyo metropolitan park in Bunkyō-ku. The name "Rikugi" comes from the idea of the six elements in waka poetry ("en" means garden or park). The park consists of a small pond, trees, and a hill. The traditionalJapanese garden within the park is atourist attraction.History
The park was built in 1695 by
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu by permission of the fifth shōgunTokugawa Tsunayoshi , and completed in 1702. In 1938, it was donated to theTokyo City government.Access
The park is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is a short walk from
Komagome Station on the JRYamanote line and theTokyo Metro Namboku Line . There are noparking lot s.General admission (junior high school and above) is 300 yen. People over 65 pay 150 yen, and students under junior high school age (and junior high school students from Bunkyō-ku) may enter free.
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External links
* [http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index031.html "公園へ行こう!" Official Tokyo park information page] (Japanese)
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