Chinzanso
Chinzanso Garden (椿山荘庭園) is a Japanese stroll garden attached to the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo. In the Edo period, the place Chinzanso is now situated was a suburban house of a domain lord. When the feudal times ended, Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922), one of the most prominent army general and politician of the Meiji era, constructed his residence here in 1878. He himself designed this garden, since garden designing was one of his interests. In 1918, it was obtained by an influential business leader as his villa, and after WWII, it was converted into a commercial facility, starting with a wedding center and later a hotel.
Because of the air raids in WWII, there are no buildings left which existed here before the war except for a three-story Buddhist pagoda, which was constructed in around the 16th century in Hiroshima Prefecture and relocated here in 1925. Other structures were moved or constructed here after the war.
It's an 8-min walk from Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Edogawabashi Station, or a 7-min walk from Toden Arakawa Line Waseda Station (not to be confused with Tokyo Metro Tozai Line Waseda Station).
Located nearby is the Higo Hosokawa Garden.
