Shinjuku Gyoen: Three Gardens, Cherry Blossoms and Autumn Leaves

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Walk from a Japanese garden into an English landscape garden and a French formal garden, all a short walk from Shinjuku Station. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is one of Tokyo’s best places for cherry blossoms and autumn leaves. Here are the hours, prices and rules to know before you go.

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Opening hours

Period	Hours	Last entry
March 15 – September 30 (except below)	9:00–18:00	17:30
June 11 – July 31	9:00–19:00	18:30
October 1 – March 14	9:00–16:30	16:00

Closed on Mondays (when Monday is a holiday, the next weekday) and from December 29 to January 3. The garden stays open every day during cherry blossom season (March 25 – April 24) and the chrysanthemum exhibition (November 1–15).

Tickets

Visitor	Price
Adults	¥500
65 and over	¥250
Students (high school and above)	¥250
Junior high school students and younger	Free

• Ticket machines at the Shinjuku, Okido and Sendagaya gates take cash, major credit cards, e-money such as Suica and PASMO, and QR payments such as PayPay and Alipay+. The entrance gates themselves take transport IC cards only.
• Web tickets with a QR code can be bought in advance on a smartphone. They are valid for six months from purchase.
• During cherry blossom season the garden may require advance reservations, mainly on weekends and holidays.

Gates and how to get there

Gate	Nearest station	Walk
Shinjuku Gate	Shinjuku-gyoemmae (Marunouchi Line, Exit 1)	5 min
Shinjuku Gate	Shinjuku-sanchome (Fukutoshin Line Exit E5, Toei Shinjuku Line Exits C1/C5)	5 min
Shinjuku Gate	Shinjuku Station (JR, Keio, Odakyu), South Exit	10 min
Okido Gate	Shinjuku-gyoemmae (Marunouchi Line, Exit 2)	5 min
Sendagaya Gate	Sendagaya (JR Sobu Line) or Kokuritsu-Kyogijo (Oedo Line, Exit A5)	5 min

There are coin lockers at the Shinjuku, Okido and Sendagaya gates.

Rules

• No alcohol, pets (except assistance dogs), bicycles, drones or ball games.
• No smoking anywhere in the garden, including e-cigarettes.
• No tents or picnic sheets that take over a large area for a long time. Small kids’ tents are allowed only in the children’s area in summer.
• Do not pick plants, climb trees or feed animals.

What to see: three gardens, a greenhouse and tea houses

The garden combines three styles, so you can change scenery as you walk.

• Japanese garden: a strolling garden around ponds, in its current form since 1903. Look for Kyu Goryotei, a Chinese-style building.
• Landscape garden: a wide, open lawn with tall tulip trees and Himalayan cedars, and many cherry trees around the edges.
• Formal garden: a symmetrical garden with about 100 rose varieties and about 160 plane trees in eight rows.
• Greenhouse: tropical and subtropical plants, including orchids. Open 9:30–15:30 from October 1 to March 14, 9:30–17:00 from March 15 to June 10 and August 1 to September 30, and 9:30–18:00 from June 11 to July 31.
• Food and tea: the Rakuu-tei and Shoutei tea houses, a Starbucks, a café and a restaurant are inside the garden. From October 1 to March 14, Rakuu-tei is open 9:00–16:30 (last order 16:00). There are also free rest areas.

When to go

• Cherry blossoms (late March to April): many different varieties bloom at different times. Very crowded on weekends.
• Chrysanthemum exhibition (November 1–15): traditional displays in the Japanese garden.
• Autumn leaves (late November to mid-December).
• The greenhouse has tropical plants all year round.

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