{"id":39163,"date":"2026-09-07T09:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=39163"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T06:08:17","slug":"tokyo-kisarazu-day-01-shinjuku-gyoen-national-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2026\/09\/07\/tokyo-kisarazu-day-01-shinjuku-gyoen-national-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo \u2013 Kisarazu: Day 01: Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

I last visited Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden<\/strong> during our family vacation in Tokyo in Dec 2019, and I loved the park. With several hours to kill before I could check in, from Ginza I hopped on the Marunouchi Line and travelled several stops westwards. The park entrance isn’t right where one exits from Shinjuku-gyoemma Station, but it was a manageable 5-minute walk. Admission for adults is \u00a5500. The weather was cloudy on this Saturday early afternoon, which made for pictures that looked a little drab, but the sun did finally show itself an hour later into the visit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The park was relatively uncrowded for a weekend, and there were many young couples and Japanese families with children visiting. Pictures!<\/p>\n

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Unlike the Dec 2019 trip, I was able to do a complete circuit around the park, and it was about 2:30PM when I’d finished. Shinjuku Station was quite a bit more crowded – this being the weekend, so no surprises there.<\/p>\n

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Shinjuku City, Saturday mid-afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Street busker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a> Tonkatsu Shinjuku Saboten Main Branch Odakyu Ace South Building Branch. We had dinner here during our Dec 2019 trip too, so I was glad to see that this Saboten outlet is still at the same place.<\/caption]<\/p>\n

By this time, I’d already clocked in almost 18,000 steps, and the legs were getting a little jelly-like – no doubt from the lack of sleep on the plane ride! So it was time to head back to Tarakacho Station to check in. That’s a wrap for Day 01. Continued in the next post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I last visited Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden during our family vacation in Tokyo in Dec 2019, and I loved the park. With several hours to kill before I could check in, from Ginza I hopped on the Marunouchi Line and<\/p>\n

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