Inokashira Park
Kichijoji, Tokyo
- Daily
- Open all day
The information centre and park facilities close over the New Year holiday.
Source: tokyo-park.or.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
Inokashira Park is a well-loved local park built around a big lake, with rowboats for hire, a small zoo and street musicians at weekends. Kichijoji has long ranked near the top of polls of where Tokyoites most want to live, and this park is a big reason why.
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Insider tip
Hire a rowboat or a swan pedal boat on the lake. The small Inokashira Park Zoo charges 400 yen, is free for primary school children and younger, and closes on Mondays.
What the guides say about Inokashira Park
Start in Inokashira Park, the lake at the heart of the neighbourhood, with rowboats for rent and a small zoo. Walk the wooded path through the park's southern end to the museum in Mitaka, about fifteen minutes, and give Miyazaki's building the two or three hours it deserves. There's a short film shown nowhere else, the Catbus room for young children and the rooftop robot. Back in Kichijoji, the streets radiating from the station are full of independent shops, and Harmonica Yokocho by the north exit is the evening, a warren of former black-market alleys where the fish stalls close and the standing bars open around 6pm. The Kichijoji neighbourhood guide covers the area in more depth.
18. Kichijoji and Inokashira Park. Swan boats, buskers and the alley bars of Harmonica Yokocho. Inokashira is one of the few city parks in Tokyo that's a real pleasure to be in, with a pond, a small shrine on an island, and cherry blossoms so thick they turn the water pink. Pair it with the Ghibli Museum nearby in Mitaka.
Quiet. Yanaka Cemetery has a cherry-lined central avenue that locals walk in near silence. Koishikawa Korakuen is a stroll garden with weeping cherries over the pond rather than a picnic lawn, so there's nobody claiming ground. Inokashira Park in Kichijoji is busy on weekends but calm on a weekday morning, with boats out under the trees.
What's on near Inokashira Park
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Inokashira Park, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Woyzeck by Flying Theatre Jiyu Gekijo
フライングシアター自由劇場『ヴォイツェック』
Time Weekdays 14:00 (19:00 on 25 and 27 Nov), Sat 13:00 and 17:30, Sun 13:00 or 14:00 and 17:30 (see page) Station Kichijoji (JR Chuo and Keio Inokashira lines), 5 min walk
Kazumi Kushida directs Buchner's Woyzeck as a nightmare fantasy in a sideshow tent, with two casts (W and Z versions) alternating. No performance on 24 Nov.
Roam Tokyo T Factory: AOI and Room No.6, from Aoi no Ue
ティーファクトリー『AOI』『六号室』～「葵上」より～
Station Kichijoji (JR Chuo and Keio Inokashira lines), 5 min walk
Two plays based on the Noh Aoi no Ue, Tsuyoshi Kawamura's AOI and Juro Kara's Room No.6, performed back to back with Yuhi Oozora among the cast. Times and price are not on the page yet.
Roam Tokyo Kichijoji Dance Rewrite vol.5
吉祥寺ダンスリライトvol.5
Station Kichijoji (JR Chuo and Keio Inokashira lines), 5 min walk
A dance showcase directed by Wataru Kitao with works by SR/Yuria Onishi, Hirata Tara, BALA, MWMW, Baobab and a young dancer entry. Times and price are not on the page yet.
Roam Tokyo Smaller local events nearby
Inokashira Art Markets Market
24 to 25 Oct · Inokashira Park, Kichijoji
A market of handmade art stalls with performances in Inokashira Park.
09:00 to 17:00 · Map · Source: Kichijoji shopping streets · 井の頭アートマーケッツ
Seibo sculpture garden exhibition: portraits of great figures Exhibition
On now, until 4 Apr · Inokashira Park Zoo, sculpture garden, Kichijoji
An exhibition of Seibo Kitamura's portrait sculptures of historical figures in the sculpture garden of Inokashira Park Zoo.
Zoo admission · Map · Source: Inokashira Park Zoo · 「西望偉人伝」彫刻園企画展
Nearby
Around Kichijoji
Inokashira Park, harmonica-alley bars, and west-Tokyo ease
Kichijoji regularly tops the surveys of where Tokyoites actually want to live, and an afternoon here shows you why. Inokashira Park has swan boats and buskers, Harmonica Yokocho packs dozens of micro-bars into a former black market, and the whole place runs at a friendlier speed than the city centre.
Kichijoji has 3 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 1 park or garden, 1 restaurant and 1 neighbourhood. Read the Kichijoji guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Inokashira Park?
- Gotenyama 1-chome and Kichijoji-Minamicho 1-chome, Musashino, Tokyo (in Japanese: 武蔵野市御殿山一丁目、吉祥寺南町一丁目、三鷹市井の頭三・四・五丁目、下連雀一丁目、牟礼四丁目).
- What are the opening hours of Inokashira Park?
- Inokashira Park is open all day. The information centre and park facilities close over the New Year holiday.
- How do I get to Inokashira Park?
- The nearest station is Kichijoji (JR Chuo). Inokashira Park is in Kichijoji, Tokyo.
- How much does Inokashira Park cost?
- Nothing. Inokashira Park is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Inokashira Park?
- Plan for 2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Inokashira Park?
- Weekday afternoons.
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