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Imperial Palace East Gardens, with a view of the tea pavilion
National Museum of
Imperial Palace East
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Gardens
Modern Art (MOMAT)
MAP L2 • Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku MAP L1 • 3-1 Kitanomaru-koen,
• Open 9am–4:30pm Tue–Thu, Chiyoda-ku • 5777-8600 • Open
Sat & Sun 10am–5pm Tue–Thu, Sat & Sun
Designed by Kobori Enshu in the 17th (to 8pm Fri) • Adm • www.momat.
century, the gardens were opened go.jp/english
to the public in 1968. The nucleus of View exhibitions that draw on this
this design can be seen in the pond museum’s excellent collection of
area, with its waterfall, stone lantern, over 9,000 works from leading
bridge, tea pavilion, and pebbled Japanese artists, past and present,
beach. The garden is resplendent with plus some important European
plum blos soms, spring cherry, and pieces. The range of art is impressive,
azaleas in spring; irises and lilies in including gilded screens, woodblock
summer; and bush clover, camellias, prints, and striking video works.
and maple leaves in the fall.
Bank of Japan
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MAP N2 • 2-1-1 Nihonbashi-
Hongokucho, Chuo-ku • 3279-1111
• English-language tour: 3–4pm Tue
The bank was aptly built on the
site of the shogun’s former gold
mint. Kingo Tatsuno, who designed
Tokyo Station, was responsible
for this earlier 1896 building. The
Bank of Japan is divided into two
sections – the New Building and
the Old Building. The former is
where financial transactions occur,
the latter, with a few offices, is
more of an architectural exhibit.
The building represents the first
Western-style building designed
by a Japanese architect. Painting by Édouard Manet at MOMAT

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