Kyu-Yasuda Garden
Ryogoku, Tokyo
1 Apr to 30 Sep
- Daily
- 9:00 to 19:30
Rest of the year
- Daily
- 9:00 to 18:00
After 16:30 only part of the garden is open. Closed December 29 to January 1.
Source: city.sumida.lg.jp, checked 14 Oct 2026.
Kyu-Yasuda Garden is a compact stroll garden laid out in the Genroku era, around 1690, for a feudal lord's riverside residence. Yasuda Zenjiro, founder of the Yasuda financial group, owned it later and gave it to the city in 1922. Its heart-shaped pond was built to rise and fall with the tides of the Sumida River, and pumps now recreate the effect.
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Insider tip
Entry is free and the gate is a minute from the sumo stadium, which makes it the calm counterpoint to a tournament day. The Japanese Sword Museum is on the same corner, so see the two together.
What the guides say about Kyu-Yasuda Garden
The Sumo Museum is inside the Kokugikan, and during tournaments you'll need a ticket for that day to get in. Next door, the Edo-Tokyo Museum reopened in March 2026 after a four-year renovation. Kyu-Yasuda Garden, a free stroll garden a minute from the hall, is the quiet counterpoint to a loud afternoon, and the Sumida Hokusai Museum is a ten-minute walk east. Many fans also gather by the hall entrance in the afternoon to watch the top wrestlers arrive. The Ryogoku neighbourhood guide covers the district in full.
Shinjuku Gyoen is a national garden and runs on its own calendar. It's closed on Mondays (the next weekday when Monday is a holiday), so you won't want it for a Monday. Happo-en and Kyu-Yasuda Garden keep their own hours, so check their place pages. For free green space with no gate, Yoyogi Park is open all day.
East-side trips. The Edo-Tokyo Museum, the Sumida Hokusai Museum and Kyu-Yasuda Garden are all within fifteen minutes' walk of the station. Asakusa and Kuramae are a 20 to 30 minute walk up the Sumida River, and Akihabara is two stops west on the Sobu Line.
What's on near Kyu-Yasuda Garden
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kyu-Yasuda Garden, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
72nd Newly Designated Juyo Swords
第72回重要刀剣等新指定展
Time 9:30 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30); closed Mondays (open on holidays, closed the next day) Station Ryogoku (JR), 7 min walk
Swords and fittings newly certified this year as Juyo Token by the museum's foundation, from every school and period.
江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0 Masterpieces from the Japanese Sword Museum Collection (provisional title)
刀剣博物館 館蔵名品展(仮)
Time 9:30 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30); closed Mondays (open on holidays, closed the next day) Station Ryogoku (JR), 7 min walk
Swords, mountings and sword fittings from the museum's own collection.
江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0 Contemporary Swordsmiths Exhibition (Japanese Sword Museum)
現代刀職展 今に伝わるいにしえの技
Time 9:30 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30), closed Mondays (Tuesday after a Monday holiday) Station Ryogoku (JR), 7 min walk
The yearly competition show of new swords and the work of polishers and other sword craftsmen, at the Japanese Sword Museum by the Kyu-Yasuda Garden.
江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0 Autumn Night Museum Mini Concert: Museum x Music at the Edo-Tokyo Museum
オータムナイトミュージアム2026 ミニコンサート❝Museum × Music!❞ 江戸東京博物館
Time 18:00 and 19:00 Station Ryogoku (JR Chuo-Sobu Line), 3 min walk
Two 20-minute string quartet sets in front of the Nakamura-za replica in the permanent exhibition, part of the Autumn Night Museum programme.
Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 2.0 DDT Pro-Wrestling Ultimate Party 2026
Ultimate Party 2026
Time Doors 12:30, start 14:00 Station Ryogoku Station (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line)
DDT Pro-Wrestling holds its Ultimate Party show at Ryogoku Kokugikan, with doors at 12:30 and the first bout at 14:00.
nakashi, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Sumida Craftspeople photo exhibition Exhibition
On now, until 1 Nov · Pictorico Shop & Gallery, Ryogoku
Twenty-four photographs of Sumida's craftspeople at work, on show at the Pictorico gallery opposite the Kokugikan, closed Mondays.
11:00 to 18:00 · Map · Source: Sumida 3M Movement PR Committee · 「すみだ 職人たちの群像2026」 写真展
On now, until 20 Dec · Tokyo Reconstruction Memorial Museum, 2F, Yokoamicho Park, Ryogoku
The free Reconstruction Memorial Museum in Yokoamicho Park gathers the yokai figures created by Ito Chuta, architect of the Tokyo Memorial Hall, including some kept in storage since about 1950 and shown for the first time.
Free · Closed Mondays (the next day when Monday is a holiday) · Map · Source: Tokyo Memorial Association (Yokoamicho Park) · 令和8年秋季特別展「妖怪たちの棲む公園」
Nearby
Around Ryogoku
Sumo town on the Sumida, with Hokusai and a tidal garden next door
Ryogoku is sumo's home. The national stadium is beside the station, the stables are in the side streets, and you'll see wrestlers in yukata on the platform. Around the Kokugikan sit the newly reopened Edo-Tokyo Museum, a Hokusai museum in the district where he was born, and a small garden built to follow the river tides. It's one of the easiest half-days in east Tokyo.
Ryogoku has 11 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 4 museums, 2 parks and gardens, 2 bathhouses, 1 landmark, 1 bar and 1 restaurant. Read the Ryogoku guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kyu-Yasuda Garden?
- 1-12-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 墨田区横網一丁目12番1号).
- What are the opening hours of Kyu-Yasuda Garden?
- 1 Apr to 30 Sep: Daily 9:00 to 19:30. Rest of the year: Daily 9:00 to 18:00. After 16:30 only part of the garden is open. Closed December 29 to January 1.
- How do I get to Kyu-Yasuda Garden?
- The nearest station is Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line). Kyu-Yasuda Garden is in Ryogoku, Tokyo.
- How much does Kyu-Yasuda Garden cost?
- Nothing. Kyu-Yasuda Garden is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Kyu-Yasuda Garden?
- Plan for 30 min.
- When is the best time to visit Kyu-Yasuda Garden?
- Mornings.
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