Hibiya-koen Park is compact but beautiful. Located a short walk north from Ginza, Yurakucho, and Tokyo stations, it’s a great place for a break or picnic lunch.
Hibiya-koen Park - image © Florentyna Leow
Hibiya-koen Park was Japan’s first public Western-style park, and remains a well-loved space by Tokyoites.
Hibiya-koen Park - image © Florentyna Leow
It’s compact but beautiful, and it’s a great place for a break or picnic lunch. You could grab some takeaway food at one of the department store food floors in Ginza and have a picnic.
Hibiya-koen Park - image © Florentyna Leow
There are many benches and places to sit throughout the park, and you’ll often see office workers on their lunch breaks here reading or - in some cases - practicing the trumpet. Hibiya Park is also a good place for nature-lovers in the middle of the city. You might see kingfishers if you’re lucky, and the park is home to the 500 year old ‘Risky Gingko’ tree.
Hibiya-koen Park - image © Florentyna Leow
Besides the green space, the park has numerous civic functions. There’s a library, a museum, a public hall, an open-air concert hall, tennis courts (extremely popular with the local office workers), and underground car parking. This is also a popular meeting spot for large organized protests, as they march to Kasumigaseki nearby.
Hibiya-koen Park - image © Florentyna Leow
During the summer months, the Hibiya Library is worth stopping by if you need a quick rest and a dose of air-conditioning. It occasionally hosts exhibitions - there was a recent one on Taisho period book and poster design - and they have free WiFi. There is also an ‘American shelf’ in one of the reading areas, which has a decent selection of books on history, business, and geopolitics.
Hibiya-koen Park - image © Florentyna Leow
It’s also worth walking past the Shisei Kaikan, a Gothic-style building opposite the library. This previously housed the Japan News Agency, and is one of the few Western-style buildings of this size remaining in Japan.
English name:
Hibiya Park
Japanese name:
日比谷公園
English address:
Hibiyakoen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0012
Japanese address:
〒100-0012 東京都千代田区日比谷公園
Opening hours:
24h
Admission:
free
Nearest Transport:
Subway: Directly connected to exit A10/A14 of Hibiya Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda and Hibiya lines, and Toei Mita line.
Train: 8-minute walk from the Hibiya exit of Yurakucho Station on the JR Yamanote line.
Nearest Hotels:
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Telephone:
+81-3-3501-6428
Website:
Official website (English of the machine translation)
Near To Here:
Hibiya-koen Park is located in Tokyo's Imperial Palace district. See our complete list of things to do in Tokyo's Imperial Palace district, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.
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