Learn and study

You can learn about and study the culture connected to Tokyo’s public parks and gardens as well as traditional Japanese garden plants.

1. Classes and exhibitions on traditional garden plants

The College of Green and Water for Citizens in Hibiya Park conducts classes and exhibitions where you can learn about the garden culture of Edo and Tokyo, such as traditional garden plants and gardens. Visitors can also view relevant publications. A fee must be paid to attend classes. You must also apply in advance for the class you wish to attend. For details, please contact the College of Green and Water for Citizens.
(The College of "Midori to Mizu"

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Green Library Tokyo Green Archives –publication viewing

The Green Library contains 170 thousand publications on a wide variety of plant-related topics. The library’s materials can be searched over the internet.

Location: Inside the College of Green and Water for Citizens (Hibiya Green Salon 2F)

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed: Sun., holidays, New Year's holiday (December 29-January 3)
How to view materials: Materials in the open stacks may be browsed freely.
If you would like to view materials stored in the archives, please fill out a request form and submit it to a library staff member.
Material copying: A fee-based copying service is provided for materials owned by the library within the extent allowed by the Copyright Act.
Reference service: Specialty staff provide help with finding materials.

2. Publications

Traditional garden plant pamphlets

Pamphlets on six varieties of traditional garden plants viewable at Tokyo public parks and gardens are distributed at service center windows during the period when the relevant flowers may be viewed. Focusing on cultivars, relevant culture, and history, the pamphlets provide information on the relationships between the various plants and locations in Tokyo (parks and gardens, etc.), background information, and key figures who helped cause booms in various plants during the Edo period. Visitors who gather pamphlets at two or more locations may receive a free clear file for storing them. (Limit while supplies last.)
1) Mizumoto Park's Japanese irises 2) Rikugien Garden's azaleas 3) Koganei Park's cherries 4) Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens's Japanese apricots 5) Jindai Botanical Gardens's camellias 6) The Rhododendrons of Hibiya Park

Pamphlets on six varieties of traditional garden plants

Clear file for pamphlets

Hiroba

Published since 1995, Hiroba, the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association’s informational magazine, provides up-to-date information on wonders of the greenery and waterways of Tokyo via special feature articles. Hiroba has even included editions with special features on Edo's culture of greenery and waterways, the gardens of feudal lords, and traditional garden plants.
Hiroba is published four times each year in spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and is distributed for free at service centers in Tokyo’s nine public gardens, the College of Green and Water for Citizens, and other locations.

The cover of Hiroba no. 77

Inside no. 77

The cover of Hiroba no. 80

Inside no. 80

Other publications

Guidebooks on Tokyo's nine public gardens and Hibiya Park as well as Hiroba article compilations are available for sale.

Please contact the Executive Office of the College of Green and Water for Citizens (tel: 03-5532-1306) for purchasing information.