Tag: Parks

Japan travel adventures with the family

Yoyogi park

Yoyogi Park and Meiji Shrine

Yoyogi Park is one of Tokyo’s popular green spaces with wide open areas, cycling tracks, grassy picnic areas and lakes. Yoyogi park was used for the military barracks for US officers during the allied occupation of Japan. It was later used as the Olympic village during the Tokyo Olympic games, before becoming the now very…
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Shinjuku gyoen national park

Shinjuku Gyoen

Shinjuku Gyoen is a beautiful park in the middle of Tokyo. It’s gardens, woods, ponds and cherry blossoms make this one of the most popular parks in Tokyo Shinjuku Gyoen was originally the location of the mansion of the feudal, Lord Naito who was granted this land in 1590. Three hundred years later it was…
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cherry blossom swan lake

Ueno Park

Ueno Park is an amazing green space in the middle of bustling Tokyo and is a great stop for kids. Ueno park boasts a zoo, museums, play equipment, paddle boats and lots of space to run around. There’s even a Starbucks if Mum and Dad need a coffee stop! Ueno Zoo Ueno Zoo is well…
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