Where To See The Most Gorgeous Peonies In Tokyo
If you’ve never walked among peonies that stand shoulder-high, with flowers as big as your head, get thee to these Tokyo gardens right now and prepare to be amazed!
NISHIARAI-DAISHI TEMPLE
Admission: Free
Hours: 6:00 – 18:00
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UENO TOSHOGU SHRINE
Admission: ¥700
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
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HAMA-RIKYU GARDEN
Admission: ¥300
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
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“Hauntingly beautiful, an instant immersion into feudal, wartime and modern Japan.” —Melissa MacGregor, author of The Curious Steambox Affair
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly newsletter Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!
This past weekend was absolutely beautiful: cool, partly cloudy, no duty… And I could not, for the life of me, think of anything I wanted to do, so I just stayed in and played Dark Souls III. I’ll need to remind myself to scour your blog for ideas, just maybe not this week, what with it being all golden.
Speaking of, today, Constitution Day, is my birthday! And I filed the proper paperwork to have the day off! So I went to the Bandai museum in Mibu!
Which was FOUR hours away!
It was NOT worth it!
I’m a little bitter!
Disney at Sea was my first pick, but, again, Golden Week. I want to have fun and go sightseeing, but I’m not crazy.
Hey, happy birthday! And ahahahaha four hours! At least you had a quintessentially J-experience – no Japanese day trip is complete without getting on at least six different forms of transportation and traveling two hours for every half hour at your destination. I mean, you know that day I went from Akita to Fox Village to Tokyo? Taxi, bus, train, train, taxi, ONE HOUR AT FOX VILLAGE, taxi, train, bus, bus, airplane.
And IMHO, you really dodged a bullet by avoiding anything Disney in Japan. NEVER go to DisneySea by yourself. It’s like eating alone at a white tablecloth revolving view restaurant on Valentine’s Day. Trust me on this.