It was also used as a falcon hunting ground during the era of the 11th Shogun Ienari TOKUGAWA (1787 - 1837) and the 12th Shogun Ieyoshi TOKUGAWA (1837 - 1853). When Ienobu TOKUGAWA who was once the lord of the Kofu Domain became the 6th Shogun (the leader of samurai) in 1709, it became the villa of the Tokugawa Shogun family and also functioned as a branch castle of the Edo castle. HistoryHamarikyu Gardens was originally constructed as the villa of the Kofu Domain and its garden in 1654 during the Edo period (1603 - 1868). In addition tea houses that were burnt down in the Great Kanto Earthquake and the World War are being restored, for example, Matsu no Chaya Tea House was completed in 2010, Tsubame no Chaya Tea House will be completed in fiscal 2014 and Taka no Chaya Tea House in fiscal 2017. It is also the appeal of the gardens that various flowers blooming from season to season gladden your eyes, such as plum blossoms, double cherry blossoms, canola flowers, cosmos sulphureus and so on. By the way skyscrapers in Shiodome and the Tokyo Bay area enter into the view inside the garden, which is, for better or for worse, a common sight in contemporary Tokyo. You can enjoy traditional Japanese beauty created by the pond and the Japanese architecture. Its main attraction is Shioiri Pond with Nakajima no Ochaya Tea House. In the Meiji period it became an Imperial villa and after the World War, it was granted to Tokyo Metropolitan government and became a Tokyo Metropolitan park. It was also used as a falcon hunting ground and an educational institution of the Bakufu navy. Later it became the villa of the Tokugawa Shogun family and a branch castle of the Edo castle. Hamarikyu Gardens was originally constructed as the villa of the Kofu Domain and its garden. The garden was built to take in seawater from Tokyo Bay so that people enjoy diversified scenery with the rise and fall of the tide. In a Kaiyushiki Japanese garden a big pond is placed at the center, walking paths are provided around the pond and you can enjoy scenery created by a bridge, a small island, tsukiyama (a small hill) and a tea house. OutlineHamarikyu Gardens is a tidal Kaiyushiki Japanese garden on Tokyo Bay. Shioiri Pond with Nakajima no Ochaya Tea House
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