Hama-rikyu Gardens

After the visit to the market we took a short trip to a local gardens which are located right beside the river and also connect to the sea. The gardens are the real version of the Japanese garden in Hamilton but the layout is similar (albeit on a massive scale). It was getting super hot leading up to lunch and the shade offered by the trees and various tea houses and outer buildings was appreciated.

As per Google the official description of the gardens is:
Hamarikyu Gardens (浜離宮恩賜庭園 Hama-rikyū Onshi Teien?) is a public park in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Located at the mouth of the Sumida River, it was opened April 1, 1946. The park is a 250,165 m² landscaped garden surrounding Shioiri Pond, the park itself surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century.Read more