Visit to Rikugi-en Garden & Maples

6-16-3 Hon-komagome Bunkyo-ku Tokyo

I visited Rikugi-en Garden on Aug. 29, 2007.


Scenery of Nakanoshima


Scenery of the Fujishiro pass 1


Scenery of the Fujishiro pass 2


Scenery of Stone lantern, the Fukiage Tea-house & the Hohrai islet


The Hohrai-islet & a pine tree on the Daisensui-pond

You will see lots of maple trees around Fukiage-chaya, Tsutsuji-chaya and Takiminochaya.
where, "chaya" means an arbor-like Rest house or simple Tea house with old Japanese style.


A big maple & a red paper umbrella at Fukiage-chaya


Tsutsuji-chaya & maples


Takiminochaya & maples


Mizuwakeishi (Water distributing stone) at Takiminochaya

Let me show you some views of maples in this garden.


A Japanese maple tree & the Dobashi-bridge named Tadurubashi


A Japanese maple tree on the rock at the edge of Dobashi-bridge named Tadurubashi


A Japanese Maple & Togetsukyo-bridge made of two large stones


A gigantic trident maple whose trunk diameter is about 1 m, and Shinsentei Teahouse

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