Tinzan Garden

Tinzan Garden is a typical Japanese garden located in the Bunke district of Tokyo. It was built in 1877 and covers an area of 66,000 square meters.

During the Meiji era, these lands belonged to Prince Yamagata Aritomo, who built his own estate here and called it home on the camellium hill, or Tinzan-so. During the construction, all the beauty of the relief was taken into account, so that all the natural riches of this place were emphasized.

The garden used to host government meetings, and documents found here showed that Meiji held meetings with influential dignitaries.

After the estate was handed over to Baron Heitaro Fujita, he decorated it with sculptures from the Japanese cities of Toba and Kyoto. At the top of the hill was built a pagoda of three floors, which was brought to this place from the mountains of Hiroshima, where it was built by monks, without using a single nail.

In the heart of the garden is the Shinto temple of Inari, which was transported here from Kyoto. The garden is also decorated with carved Taosian and Buddhist images and more than thirty stone lanterns. The park contains a waterfall, streams, spring, a large pond and a sacred tree, about 500 years old.