October 1 of every year is “Citizen’s Day”. Tokyo Metropolitan Day in 2019 will also be free of admission fees, viewing fees, etc. for 22 facilities in Tokyo. please read).
There are many other commemorative events. Surprisingly, even if you are not a Tokyo citizen in 2019, it will be free of charge, so if you visit Japan at this time, why not enjoy Tokyo?
- Onshi Ueno Zoo
- Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
- Inokashira Nature Culture Park
- Old Shiba Rikyu Garden
- Tokyo Metropolitan Garden Museum
- Edo Tokyo Tatemono-en
- Old Iwasaki House Garden
- Tama Zoological Park
- Tokyo Sea Life Park(Kasai Rinkai Park)
- Kiyosumi Garden
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
- Old Furukawa Garden
- Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Koishikawa Korakuen
- Jindai Botanical Park
- Tonogayato Garden
- Yumenoshima Tropical Botanical Museum
- Hamarikyu Garden
- Mukojima Hyakka-en
- Rikugien Garden
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
- Summary
Onshi Ueno Zoo
Ueno Zoo which raises 2500 animals of about 350 species.
The East Gardens include the Giant Panda House, Gorilla Tiger Forest, Elephant Forest, Bear Hill, Polar Bear and Seal Sea.
The West Garden includes African animals such as giraffes, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, shovels, and Aiai, a small beast hall, an amphibian reptile hall, and a children’s zoo that focuses on livestock animals.
[Address] 9-83 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo(5-minute walk from JR Ueno Station (park entrance))
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
“Reiko Iba, fascinated by the world behind the painter’s eyes and motifs, has continued to express the scenery by drawing the texture of the motifs that he wants to touch and the light that he wears.
Although the style of production based on photographs remains the same, in recent years the distance from the Motif that has been approaching has gradually increased, and interest in things such as space and scenery has increased, and the surrounding landscape has expanded.
Iba’s paintings are showing new developments, including paintings based on photographs taken at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, prints, and video works as a new attempt.
By introducing the latest works and recent works as well as introducing recent works, we will approach the core of Atsuko Iba’s unchanging interest with the changes of the past 10 years. ”(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) Quoted from the site)
(7-10 minutes walk from Ueno Station on each line)
Inokashira Nature Culture Park
A zoo next to Inokashira Park. There are lots of cute animals such as “Squirrel Path”, “Musashino Habitat” and “Guinea Pig Fureai Corner”.
Over 200 species of animals are bred, including the main garden and branch park. In addition to the aquatic park, sculpture museum, and museum, a small amusement park “Sportland” is also popular with children.
[Address] 1-17-6 Gotenyama, Musashino City, Tokyo(Approximately 10 minutes on foot from Kichijoji Station [Park Exit] on each line)
Old Shiba Rikyu Garden
One of the early Edo Daimyo Gardens in modern Tokyo. This is a recreational spring garden with a very beautiful garden block and stones.
[Address] 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo(1 minute walk from each line / Hamamatsucho Station)
Tokyo Metropolitan Garden Museum
A building that is known as the former Asaka Palace residence, and that conveys the Art Deco style, the mainstream of European decorative art from the 1920s to the 1930s. Surrounded by a vast garden, it is a wonderful piece of art that you can enjoy together with nature, buildings and artworks. In 2015, it was designated as a national important cultural property.
(6 minutes on foot from each line / Shirokanedai Station)
Edo Tokyo Tatemono-en
From the Edo period to the early Showa period, Edo Tokyo Tatemono-en is lined with 30 restored buildings. Reconstruct, preserve, and display historical buildings with high cultural value that cannot be preserved locally.
The center zone, east zone, and west zone are divided into areas, and the transition of the building is obvious at a glance. It’s a fun facility that makes you feel like you’re on a time trip to an old town.
[Address] 3-7-1 Sakuramachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo (in the Tokyo Metropolitan Koganei Park)(Bus from each line and Hanakoganei Station)
Old Iwasaki House Garden
It was built in 1896 as the main residence of Hisao Iwasaki’s eldest son (Mitsubishi 3rd President) Hisato.
There are currently 20 buildings on a site of approximately 15,000 tsubo, one-third of the site, and there are three buildings: a Western-style building, a Ryukyu room (billiard room), and a Japanese-style building.
Western-style building with 2 wooden floors and basement is a Western wooden architecture that represents modern Japanese houses.
[Address] Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo(3-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line / Yushima)
Tama Zoological Park
There are over 300 species of animals.
The park has an “Asian Garden” (observing the ecology of animals using the Skywalk Tower and walk-in bird cages), the “Australian Garden” (including the Koala Hall where you can observe koalas and small Australian animals), and the “African Garden” (Lion , Giraffes, zebras, elephants, chimpanzees, etc.) and “Insect Garden” (the main building of the Insect Museum where rare foreign insects can be seen).
[Address] 7-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino City, Tokyo(1 minute walk from each line / Tama Zoo Park Station)
Tokyo Sea Life Park(Kasai Rinkai Park)
A large glass dome that is 30.7 meters above the ground is a powerful force. You can see more than 600 species of sea creatures around the world.
You can enjoy shopping for cute sea creature goods at the shop right after you enter the entrance.
[Address] 6-2-3 Rinkaicho, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo(5 minutes on foot from Kasai Rinkai Koen Station on each line)
Kiyosumi Garden
It is a recreational forest spring garden mainly composed of Sensui, Tsukiyama, and Karesansui.
This garden, which was greatly damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake, has become an evacuation site in the event of a disaster.
In 1924, the Iwasaki family, who owned it, donated the east half (currently the garden), which was less damaged, to Tokyo City as a park site. The city was released in July 1932.
In 1977, an additional park was opened as an open park on the west side of the garden.
[Address] Kiyosumi 2-3 Chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo(3 minutes walk from Kiyosumi Shirakawa Station on each line)
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
“The TOP collection is an exhibition that introduces the collections of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
This year’s theme is “Reading an image”. Think about the visual image of the work and how to interpret it. This exhibition will focus on individual works selected from the 35,000+ collections and stories that talk about multi-series works.
By revealing the relevance that connects the meaning and image behind the work, and by looking at the universal story contained in the medium of photography itself, the rich appreciation experience of “reading the image” And invite the audience.
(Quoted from the Tokyo Collection of Photography Museum “TOP Collection: Reading the Image Time”)
(7-10 minutes on foot from Ebisu Station on each line)
Old Furukawa Garden
Former Furukawa Garden has a Western-style building on a small hill on the north side, a Western-style garden on the slope, and a Japanese garden in the lowland.
Originally it was the residence of Meiji’s former Isao Mutsumitsu Mutsumitsu, but when the second son was adopted by the Furukawa family, it was owned by the Furukawa family (owned by the country after the war).
It is open to the public in the form that Tokyo can borrow from the country free of charge.
[Address] 1-chome Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo(7 minutes on foot from JR Keihin Tohoku Line / Kaminakazato Station)
Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park
The park facing Tokyo Port is full of nature such as tidal ponds connected to the sea, Yoshihara, freshwater ponds, streams, and forests.
Every year, around 120 types of water birds and small birds visit each year.
Also, observe waterside creatures, crab-like creatures such as crabs, insects that live in grasslands and forests. Why don’t you heal at Lawn Square and Nature Center?
[Address] 3-1 Tokai, Ota-ku, Tokyo(Bus from JR Omori Station (East Exit))
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Opened in March 1993 as a place to reflect on the history and culture of Edo and Tokyo and think about future cities and lifestyles.
And reopened in April 2018. Based on the theme of each corner of the “Edo Zone” and “Tokyo Zone” in the permanent exhibition room, actual materials such as Ukiyo-e, ancient documents, and life tools that tell the history of Edo Tokyo are always on display (about 2500 items).
(3-7 minutes walk from each line / Ryogoku Station)
Koishikawa Korakuen
The name of “Korakuen” is Koto Mito! It comes from the Chinese teaching, “(Shi is exactly) melancholy before the melancholy, enjoyed behind the joy of the universe”.
The garden with a lot of hobby in China is the “Turning-style Tsukiyama Sensui Garden” centered around a pond.
[Address] 1-chome, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo(Each line, get off at Iidabashi Station)
Jindai Botanical Park
Approximately 4,800 types (100,000 trees) are planted in the park, divided into 30 blocks for each type of plant, such as rose garden, azalea garden, plum garden, hagi garden.
The large greenhouse (a rare tropical plant where you can enjoy colorful flowers in winter) was reopened in May 2016.
[Address] Chofu City Jindaiji Motomachi 2.5-5 Chome, Jindaiji Kitamachi 1-2 Chome, Jindaiji Minamimachi 4 Chome(Bus from Chofu Station, Tsutsujigaoka Station, Mitaka Station, Kichijoji Station)
Tonogayato Garden
A migratory-style forest spring garden that skillfully uses a valley made of terraced cliffs.
One of the highlights is the landscaping on the cliff, the spring pond below the cliff, and the landscaping method that changes the atmosphere with the forest.
[Address] 2-chome Minamicho, Kokubunji, Tokyo(2 minutes on foot from Kokubunji Station on each line)
Yumenoshima Tropical Botanical Museum
This is a facility that widely introduces the relationship between tropical plants and our lives. Unusual tropical plants, including valuable endemic species from the Ogasawara Islands, create an exotic landscape in a huge dome.
There is a large greenhouse, an image hall, an information gallery, and an event hall where you can learn about the relationship between tropical plants and human life.
[Address] Yumenoshima, Koto-ku(15 minutes walk from each line / Shinkiba Station)]
Hamarikyu Garden
A famous Daimyo garden in the Edo period that has two duck fields, “Tide Pond (leading seawater and changing the taste of the pond by the tide)”.
This style is usually used in a seaside garden. After the Meiji Restoration, it became the Imperial Palace and became the “Hamarikyu”.
[Address] Hamarikyu Garden, Chuo-ku, Tokyo(5 minutes on foot from Toei Subway Oedo Line / Shiodome Station (Exit 10))
Mukojima Hyakka-en
Satoshi Sahara, who had been running an antique dealer, opened a private flower garden in Mukaijima, the former ruins of Tagamoto Taga, with the cooperation of Edo literary artists. At first, it was called “Shin-Ume-yashiki”, mainly 360 plums. After that, we gathered famous plants and said that the flowers bloom throughout the seasons.
[Address] 3-chome, Higashi Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo(Approximately 8 minutes on foot from Tobu Sky Tree Line Higashi Mukojima Station)
Rikugien Garden
Rikugien was counted as one of the two major gardens in Edo along with Koishikawa Korakuen. The structure is the “Migratory Kiyama Sansui Garden”, a delicate and mild Japanese garden.
It was donated to Tokyo City in 1938 and opened to the public.
[Address] 6-chome Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo(7 minutes on foot from each line and Komagome Station)
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art currently stores about 5400 works.
The range covers a wide range of genres from modern to modern, focusing on postwar art. In the “MOT Collection” exhibition, various works are displayed at each exhibition period so that even the same works can be viewed from a new perspective.
In this term, a part of the “MOT Collection Tadamai / Nice to meet you”, which introduced works created mainly in the 2010s out of approximately 400 works collected during the closed period, will be added, and three new artists will be added. Configure Enjoy the fresh “Nice to meet” encounters along with the “Now” works that have been restored. (Quoted from the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
(9-13 minutes on foot from each line / Kiyosumi Shirakawa Station)
Summary
There are surprisingly many greens in Tokyo, so I think the image of Tokyo will change.
Why don’t you take a leisurely tour in the garden or park on the occasion of “Citizen’s Day”?
Also, I think it would be a wonderful sightseeing in Tokyo to see art at a museum or to learn at a museum.
It ’s only free on this day, so please enjoy Tokyo as much as you want.