Otaguro Park — Attraction in Tokyo

This park is a hidden treasure in Ogikubo. It has a modest traffic flow for such a lovely park. It is completely a Japanese traditional garden with stone bridges and a pond with koi and a wooden pavillion handing out over the water so you can observe the koi and the pond. This is a nice place to sit and read or write a letter. I see some elderly people bringing boxed lunches to the park to enjoy together, but be prepared to pack out what you bring in because there are no garbage cans (which has become the standard for all public places in Japan today). There is no fee to enter the park. This is a calm place where people go for peace. Screaming kids would be out of place here, but well behaved children would be...

6/29/2025

It’s a nice park with the historical residence inside the park. No admission fee needed to this park.

Recommended to take pictures at the path of the entrance. There’s a pond in the park and you can feed the koi. Koi food is ¥100/bag and only 10 packs in the morning and in the afternoon each.

Bathrooms are available inside the park. There’s a reception so you can ask them for brochures and guidance. It’s a very chill, comfortable park to be with lots of shade.

Maybe staying here for 30 minutes would be enough, 1 hour max. The park itself is not that big to walk around. Only the front entrance is available. The back entrance always seems...

This was the private home and garden of a musician that was preserved as a public park. The big draw is that it is immaculately maintained and off the beaten track, so generally quiet. It's not for picnics and playing with children and there are no real facilities beyond toilets, but would be of interest to photographers and painters with its variety of plants and pond. Not many cherry trees here -- the best seasons are early summer for the greenery and late November/early December for the autumn leaves -- the row of gingko trees at the entrance are lit up at...