Chinzanso
The garden of Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (ホテル椿山荘東京), is a Japanese stroll garden attached to the hotel.
This garden is only for those using hotel facility now.
In the Edo period, the place Chinzanso is now situated was a suburban house of a domain lord.
When the feudal times came to an end, 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 now standing were moved into or constructed here after the war.
It's an 10-min walk from Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Edogawabashi Station.
Located nearby is the Higo Hosokawa Garden.
