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Tokyo may not be known as a city with much greenery, but it has several noteworthy parks and gardens, which offer residents and visitors an opportunity to get a break from the concrete. Below are some of the best:

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Shinjuku Gyoen
A spacious park with wide lawns, trees and ponds. It also includes a small Japanese landscape garden and French style garden. Shinjuku Gyoen is a great cherry blossom viewing spot in spring.
10 minute walk east of Shinjuku Station
Admission: 200 Yen
Yoyogi Koen
A spacious Western style park with wide lawns, trees and ponds, popular among foreign residents. Yoyogi Park is known for its autumn leaves, especially the golden leaves of the many ginko trees.
5 minute walk west of Harajuku Station
Admission: Free
Ueno Koen
About half a dozen museums, a zoo, a Toshogu Shrine and the Shinobazu Pond are just some of Ueno Park's attractions. Ueno Park is also Tokyo's most notorious cherry blossom party spot.
Next to Ueno Station
Admission: Free
Imperial Palace East Gardens
The location of the former Edo Castle and part of the current Imperial Palace. You can view the massive castle moats, the fundament of the former castle tower and a Japanese landscape garden.
5-10 minute walk from Tokyo Station
Admission: Free
Rikugien
One of the most beautiful, classic Japanese landscape gardens of Tokyo. Dating from the Edo Period, it reproduces landscape scenes from famous poems in miniature. Beautiful during all seasons.
2 minute walk from Komagome Station
Admission: 300 Yen
Hama Rikyu Park
Standing alongside Tokyo Bay, this is a nice Japanese landscape garden with former duck hunting grounds. The contrast of the garden with the nearby skyscrapers of Shiodome is spectacular.
10 minute walk from Shinbashi Station
Admission: 300 Yen
Koishikawa Korakuen
Beautiful Japanese landscape garden, representing famous Japanese and Chinese sceneries in miniature. It dates from the early Edo Period and is enjoyable during all four seasons of the year.
5-10 minute walk from Iidabashi Station
Admission: 300 Yen
Koishikawa Botanical Garden
Spacious botanical garden maintained by the University of Tokyo, featuring many tree and plant species, as well as a small Japanese landscape garden. Particularly nice during the cherry blossom season.
5-10 minute walk from Myogadani Station
Admission: 330 Yen
Todoroki Valley
Pleasant park extending for one kilometer along a small, wooded valley in the middle of residential Setagaya city ward. At one end of the park stands the atmospheric Todoroki Fudo Temple.
2 minute walk from Tokyu's Todoroki Station
Admission: Free

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