Hamarikyu Gardens (浜離宮恩賜庭園 Hama-rikyū Onshi Teien?) is a public park in Tokyo, Japan. Located at the mouth of the Sumida River in Chūō-ku, it was opened April 1, 1946. The park is a 250,165 m² landscaped garden surrounding Shioiri Pond, the park itself surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century.
The garden has an atmosphere of tranquility
where visitors can forget the passage of time. Visitors can also enjoy
refreshment at a teashop in Nakashima located in the middle of the pond
in the garden that offers matcha and Japanese sweets in a tea-ceremony
style. A peony garden, plum tree grove and cosmos fields render flowers
and greenery enjoyable in every season. Exhibitions of falcon and
Japanese goshawk traditional hunting techniques are demonstrated daily.
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