Sin-Edogawa Garden

Shin-Edogawa Garden is an ancient Japanese garden located not far from the Kanda River, in Tokyo’s Bunke district. The name of the garden translates as a new garden by the Edo River. Until 1965, this section of the Kanda River was called Edo. The garden covers an area of approximately 18,500 square meters.

Originally, the garden lands belonged to the Hosokawa samurai clan, who ruled the Kumamoto region during the Edo period. Then there was the residence of the Hosokawa family. In 1959, the garden was donated to the city.

In part, the garden is located on the hillside, where observation decks and paths are located, as well as a spring that feeds the ponds below. In the ponds, mostly live red carp. The garden is decorated with pagodas, bamboo hedges and stone lanterns. The building at the entrance to the garden was built in the Taishe era, and was intended for the training of the Hosokawa family.