List of parks and gardens in Tokyo explained

Tokyo, Japan contains many parks and gardens.

Urban parks and gardens

Park	Location	Created	Area (m^2)	Remarks
Akabane Nature Observatory Park	Kita	1999	54,020
Akatsuka Park	Itabashi	1974	250,466		Largest park wholly in Itabashi Ward
Akinohi Park	Nerima	1988	18,200
Arakawa Nature Park	Arakawa	1974	61,068	Largest park in Arakawa Ward
Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park	Minato	1934	67,131	Largest park in Minato Ward
Asukayama Park	Kita	1873	73,000	Largest park in Kita Ward
Chihaya Flower Park	Toshima	1990	5,542
Chinzan-so Garden	Bunkyō	1952	40,000
East Garden of the Imperial Palace	Chiyoda	1968	210,000
Egota-no-Mori Park	Nakano	1971	60,224	Largest park in Nakano Ward
Fuchū-no-Mori Park	Fuchū	1991	169,748
Hamarikyu Gardens	Chūō	1946	250,215	Largest park in Chūō Ward
Heiwa-no-Mori Park	Ōta	1982	99,000	Largest park wholly in Ōta Ward
Hibiya Park	Chiyoda	1903	161,636
Higo Hosokawa Garden	Bunkyō	1961	500
Hikarigaoka Park	Itabashi and Nerima	1974	607,823	Largest park in Nerima Ward
Himonya Park	Meguro	1933	43,533
Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park	Toshima	1970	3,123
Inokashira Park	Kichijōji	1918	385,844
Itabashi Traffic Park	Itabashi	1968	7,725
Italy Park	Minato	2003	3,660
Jindai Botanical Garden	Chōfu	1961	425,433
Jōhoku-Chūō Park	Itabashi and Nerima	1957	262,369
Kamezuka Park	Minato	1952	9,183
Kansen-en Park	Shinjuku	1969	14,000
Kasai Rinkai Park	Edogawa	1989	805,861	Largest park in Edogawa Ward
Kiba Park		1992	238,711
Kinshi Park	Sumida	1928	56,124	Largest park in Sumida Ward
Kinuta Park	Setagaya	1957	391,777	Largest park in Setagaya Ward
Kitaku Central Park	Kita	1958	65,620
Kitanomaru Park	Chiyoda	1969	193,297
Kiyosumi Garden	Fukagawa	1932	37,434
Koganei Park	Kodaira, Koganei, Musashino, and Nishitōkyō	1954	793,544
Koishikawa Botanical Garden	Bunkyō	1877^[1]	161,588	Largest gardens in Bunkyō Ward
Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden	Bunkyō	1629	70,847
Kokyo Gaien National Garden		1949	450,000	Largest park in Chiyoda Ward
Komaba Park		1975	40,400
Komazawa Olympic Park	Meguro and Setagaya	1964	413,537
Kōyama Garden	Nerima	1980	2,613
Kyū-Furukawa Gardens		1956	30,780
Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Garden	Taitō	2001	16,912
Kyū Shiba Rikyū Garden	Chūō	1924	42,035
Makino Memorial Garden	Nerima	1958	2,576
Meguro Sky Garden		2013	75,000
Meiji Shrine Inner Garden			83,000
Meiji Shrine Outer Garden	Minato and Shinjuku	1926	580,000
Mejiro-no-Mori	Toshima	1997	3,201
Minami-Ikebukuro Park	Toshima	2016	7,811
Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park	Toshima	2013	12,226	Largest park in Toshima Ward
Mitsugi Park	Itabashi	1952	14,000
Miyashita Park	Shibuya	1930	10,808
Mizumoto Park	Katsushika	1965	921,539	Largest park in Katsushika Ward; largest park in Tokyo's 23 wards
Mizunoto Park	Nakano	1930	2,272
Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden	Sumida	1939	8,718
Mure-no-Sato Park	Mitaka	1995	5,800
Musashino Central Park	Musahsino	1989	100,898
Musashiseki Park	Nerima	1938	45,985
Naganuma Park	Hachiōji	1980	313,486
Nakano Shiki no Mori Park	Nakano	2012	20,780
Nogawa Park	Chōfu	1980	399,764
Noyamakita-Rokudōyama Park	Musashimurayama	1988	1,323,900
Ōi Futō Chūō Kaihin Park	Ōta and Shinagawa	1978	454,271	Largest park in Shinagawa Ward
Ōizumi-Chūō Park	Nerima	1990	103,000
Ōkuma Garden	Shinjuku	1922	3,000
Ōjima Komatsugawa Park	Edogawa and Kōtō	1997	249,282
Rikugi-en Gardens	Bunkyō	1938^[2]	87,809
Rinshi-no-mori Park	Meguro and Shinagawa	1989	120,762
Saigōyama Park	Meguro	1981	10,549	Largest park wholly in Meguro Ward
Sarue Park	Kōtō	1981	145,088
Shakujii Park	Nerima	1959	223,785
Shikinokaori Park	Nerima	1985	42,109
Shimizuike Park	Meguro	1935	5,795
Shinjuku Central Park	Shinjuku	1968	88,065
Shinjuku Gyo-en	Shibuya and Shinjuku	1949	583,000	Largest park in Shinjuku Ward
Showa Memorial Park	Tachikawa	1983	1,653,000	Largest park in Tokyo
Sumida Park	Sumida and Taitō	1931	107,797
Takaido Park	Suginami	2020	24,667
Tetsugaku-dō Park	Nakano and Shinjuku	1904	52,494
Toneri Park	Adachi	1940	628,603	Largest park in Adachi Ward
Tonogayato Garden	Kokubunji	1979	21,124
Ueno Park	Taitō	1873	538,506	Largest park in Taitō Ward
Ukima Park	Itabashi	1967	117,330
Ukimatsuribori Park	Kita	1960	3,000
Wadabori Park	Suginami	1964	199,936	Largest park in Suginami Ward
Wakasu Seaside Park	Kōtō	1990	32,000
Yokoamichō Park	Sumida	1930	19,580
Yoyogi Park	Shibuya	1967	541,000	Largest park in Shibuya Ward
Yumenoshima Park	Kōtō	1978	433,212	Largest park in Kōtō Ward
Zenpukuji Park	Suginami	1961	78,622

Note: Figures in bold are approximate values. A green row designates a special ward of Tokyo.

Flowers

Type of flower	Blooming season	Locations
Ume blossoms	February–March	Yoshino Baigo in Ome, Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden, Hanegi Park in Umegaoka
Cherry blossoms (sakura)	Late March – early April	Ueno Park and Shinobazu Pond, Yoyogi Park, Shinjuku Gyoen, Inokashira Park in Kichijōji, Chidorigafuchi Imperial Palace moat near the Budokan, Meguro River, Aoyama Cemetery, Sumida Park and River near Asakusa, International Christian University
Wisteria	Late April – early May	Kameido Tenjin Shrine in Kōtō Ward
Azaleas	Late April – early May	Nezu Shrine, East Garden of the Imperial Palace, Shiofune Kannon Temple in Ome
Roses	mid – late May	Jindai Botanical Garden in Chōfu
Irises	early – mid June	Meiji Shrine, Horikiri Iris Garden
Hydrangeas	June–July	Takahata Fudo Temple, Hino

National parks

There are four national parks in Tokyo:

• Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, in Nishitama and spilling over into Yamanashi and Saitama Prefectures
• Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park, around Mount Takao to the south of Hachioji.
• Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, which includes all of the Izu Islands.
• Ogasawara National Park. As of 2006, efforts were being made to make Ogasawara National Park a UNESCO natural World Heritage Site.

Notes and References

1. Year given to University of Tokyo
2. Year donated to city government