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Tsutusuji - Rikugien Gardens

The teahouse called Tsutusuji is the best of the garden. It was built in the Meiji Era and is one of the few that survived the war.

Fujishiro-toge - Rikugien Gardens
Lanterns - Rikugien Gardens
Pond - Rikugien Gardens
Pond - Rikugien Gardens
Togetsukyo - Rikugien Gardens
Moss - Rikugien Gardens
Tsutusuji - Rikugien Gardens
Bunkyo, Tokyo

Rikugien is a large Japanese garden that was built in the 1702 by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu for the Shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. The name pays tribute to the Chinese system of dividing poetry into six categories. (Read More: Rikugien Gardens)

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