Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

“Shinjuku Imperial Garden” 新宿御苑

Shibuya + Shinjuku / Tôkyô

Originally the site of a daimyo’s residence of the NAITO family of the Shinano Takato domain in the Edo period (1603-1868). In 1879 the Shinjuku Botanical Garden was established and was administered by the “Ministry of the Imperial Household” (now the “Imperial Household Agency”), but after World War II it was opened to the public and is now a national park under the jurisdiction of the “Ministry of the Environment”. In 2006 it celebrated the centenary of the name “Shinjuku Gyoen”.