Kubomachi Higashi Park

This park is a very long park with a stream and trees along the road.
Unique part of this park is European square with sculptures near the station.
These sculptures are works of the artists who live in Kaiserslautern city in Germany.
Kaiserslautern is the sister city of Bunkyo city.

This park leads you to Senshun-en Garden and the University Museum Koishikawa Annex from the station.

It's nice to walk in the unique park instead of the road to go somewhere.

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<The Nearest Station>

Myogadani station on Marunouchi Line (M23/Tokyo Metro)

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Senshun-en Garden

Senshun-en Garden used to be feudal load Matsudaira's garden.
In Edo era, it's counted as one of three fine gardens in Edo.

Now this garden is managed as a garden for nature study by the elementary school attached to Tsukuba University. It has wild trees and plants as is.

There's a statue of Jigoro Kano who's the founder of Kodokan, the most famous Judo school.

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<The Nearest Station>

Myogadani station on Marunouchi Line (M23/Tokyo Metro)

<Admission>

Free of Charge

8:00-19:00 (April through September)
8:00-17:00 (November through March)

Open all through the year

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The University Museum, the University of Tokyo Koishikawa Annex

This building is located at the edge of Koishikawa Botanical Garden.
There's an one way gate from Botanical Garden to the Museum.

Permanent exhibition was the Chambers of Curiosities.
But this exhibition was moved to the InterMediaTheque in KITTE in Marunouchi.

At the end of 2013, this Koishikawa Annex was renewed and exhibition was changed to Architectonica. There're many miniature models of famous buildings.

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<The Nearest Station>

Myogadani station on Marunouchi Line (M23/Tokyo Metro)

<Admission>

Free of Charge

10:00-16:00   Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednsdays

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Koishikawa Botanical Garden

This huge garden is a facility of University of Tokyo to study about plants.
There are more than 1500 kinds of Asian plants here.
Green houses have about 1100 kinds of plants.

This used to be a herb garden of Shogunate Government.
There was a charity hospital managed by government here.
Only reminder is an old well used in the hospital.

Although this place is filled with wild plants, they have well maintained beautiful Japanese gardens, too.

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<The Nearest Station>

Myogadani station on Marunouchi Line (M23/Tokyo Metro)

<Admission>

400 yen
9:00-16:30   Closed on Mondays

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You can see the University Museum Koishikawa Annex on the other side of the pond.