Shinjuku Gyoen Park Guide: Highlights, Starbucks, Restrooms & Parking
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Shinjuku Gyoen Park Guide: Highlights, Starbucks, Restrooms & Parking
Here is a handy map of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden! Alongside must-see spots like traditional gardens and the greenhouse, this guide covers everything you need: Starbucks, cafes, lunch spots, restrooms, water refill stations, parking, and coin lockers. There are three main entrances—Shinjuku Gate, Okido Gate, and Sendagaya Gate. Across the grounds, you'll find 18 restrooms and 6 refill stations. Head to the Landscape Garden if you want to lounge on the grass. Note: Alcohol, pets, and bicycles are prohibited, and ball games are not allowed (though elementary school kids and younger can use light play equipment in the Children's Play Area).
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·Total ~3.5km
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Information Center
Located just outside the ticket gates near Shinjuku Gate. It houses an art gallery, a cafe, and a shop, so you can pop in even without entering the garden. Restrooms are also available here.
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Shinjuku Gate
The most popular entrance, about a 10-minute walk from Shinjuku Station. The former guardhouse built in 1927 still stands here. Just inside the gate, you'll find restrooms, a water refill station, and coin lockers.
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Mother and Child's Forest
A nature observation forest created in 1985 where you can discover trees, seasonal flowers, and insects. Tucked away on the garden's west end, it's a wonderfully quiet and peaceful spot for a walk.
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Mori no Ie (Forest House)
A rest house right at the entrance to Mother and Child's Forest. Next to it are restrooms, a water refill station, drinking fountains, and vending machines.
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Restaurant Yurinoki
A great spot for lunch right inside the garden. You can enjoy bento boxes, Uji matcha drinks, and traditional sweets. It also includes a shop and a free rest area. Restrooms are inside and right beside the building, with a nursing room next door.
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Rakuutei
A tea house located north of the Japanese Garden. It serves inari sushi flavored with yuzu vinegar, and there's also a kimono rental shop inside.
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Shotentei
A tea house nestled in the Japanese Garden that doubles as a free rest area. Stop by for sweet red bean treats or soft-serve ice cream. Restrooms are located behind the building.
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Japanese Landscape Garden
A traditional stroll garden designed around scenic ponds. Originally a duck-hunting ground during the Edo period, it was transformed into a Japanese garden in the early Showa era. It hosts the famous Chrysanthemum Exhibition each November. Restrooms are at the west end.
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Taiwan Pavilion (Kyu-Goryotei)
A charming Chinese-style pavilion built in 1927 to commemorate the wedding of the Crown Prince (later Emperor Showa). It was designed by architect Matsunosuke Moriyama. Restrooms are right nearby.
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Central Rest House
A cafe located right in the middle of the garden. Operated by a Kyoto confectionery brand, it serves takeout dorayaki, matcha, and souvenirs. Restrooms, a water refill station, drinking fountains, and vending machines are right next door.
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Landscape Garden
A vast open lawn shaded by massive, majestic trees—the perfect spot for a relaxing picnic or rest on the grass. It offers a stunning vista line toward the French Formal Garden, anchored by towering tulip trees over 30 meters high.
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Former Western-style Rest House
Built in 1896 as a resting pavilion for the Emperor and the Imperial Family when visiting the greenhouse. Designed in the American Stick style, this historic building is designated an Important Cultural Property.
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Greenhouse
Tracing its origins back to an 1875 glasshouse, the current greenhouse opened in 2012. It houses around 2,700 species of tropical and subtropical plants, including endangered species. Restrooms and a nursing room are inside.
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Tamamo Pond
A pond that retains traces of the Edo-period Naito clan residence and its scenic landscape garden, Tamagawa-en. Located very close to Okido Gate.
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Okido Gate
A 5-minute walk from Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station. There is a parking lot right next to it. Near the gate, you'll find a rest area, restrooms, a water refill station, and coin lockers.
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Parking Lot
The official park parking lot located next to Okido Gate, with room for 200 standard cars and 5 large buses. Perfect if you're arriving by car. Restrooms are just a few steps away.
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Sycamore Tree Avenue
A stunning avenue in the French Formal Garden. About 140 plane trees are planted in four rows, framing the beautifully symmetrical layout of the garden.
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Rose Garden
Located in the center of the French Formal Garden. Around 500 rose bushes spanning roughly 100 varieties bloom beautifully here.
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Starbucks (Rest House)
A scenic Starbucks nestled inside a rest house on the shore of the Middle Pond. Sip your coffee while gazing out over the water. Inside and nearby, there's a shop, restrooms, a nursing room, a refill station, and drinking fountains.
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Momijiyama (Maple Hill)
A gentle hill just south of the Lower Pond. In autumn, it turns into one of the most stunning spots in the park for colorful fall foliage.
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Children's Play Area
An open space designed for children of elementary school age and younger. While ball sports are generally prohibited in the park, kids are welcome to use safe play items here, like soft rubber balls and jump ropes.
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Sendagaya Rest House
A quiet rest area close to Sendagaya Gate, equipped with restrooms and vending machines.
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Sendagaya Gate
A convenient entrance just 5 minutes on foot from Sendagaya and Kokuritsu-Kyogijo stations. Near the gate, you'll find restrooms, a water refill station, drinking fountains, vending machines, and coin lockers.
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