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Shinjuku Gyoen (Tokyo): Botanical garden for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Shinjuku Gyoen is a botanical garden in Naitōmachi, Tokyo, about 5 km from Tokyo Station and 398 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Shinjuku Gyoen
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeBotanical garden
Name in Japanese新宿御苑
LocationNaitōmachi, Tokyo
Nearest station (straight line)Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station – about 0.2 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 5 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 263 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 304 km (straight line)
Established1892
Interest among English readersabout 1,500 page views a month on English Wikipedia (12-month average)
Coordinates35.68717, 139.71064
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.env.go.jp/garden/shinjukugyoen/
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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