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Shinjuku Gyoen

Kakidai · CC BY-SA 3.0

15% trees around it and 203 species recorded.

32Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km15%
  • wild within 10 km12%
  • species recorded203

The forest around

15% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 18%Grassland 1%Bare ground 0%Built-up 80%Trees 15%Grassland 0%Water 1%Built-up 84%Trees 8%Grassland 0%Water 1%Built-up 90%Trees 5%Grassland 1%Water 7%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 87%15%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km18%
  • 1–3 km15%
  • 3–6 km8%
  • 6–10 km5%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees15%
  • Grassland0%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up84%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

203 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Pollia japonica
Pollia japonicaPollia japonica15 recordsISAKA Yoji ( cory ) [ Recent works / Other works ] · CC BY 2.1 jp
Chameleon
ChameleonHouttuynia cordata14 recordsAgnieszka Kwiecień, Nova · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pink woodsorrel
Pink woodsorrelOxalis debilis8 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Paper mulberry
Paper mulberryBroussonetia papyrifera8 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dryopteris erythrosora
Dryopteris erythrosoraDryopteris erythrosora6 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Camphor laurel
Camphor laurelCinnamomum camphora5 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Paperplant
PaperplantFatsia japonica5 recordsFernando Losada Rodríguez · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kerria
KerriaKerria japonica5 recordsSyced · CC0
Japanese lady fern
Japanese lady fernDeparia japonica4 recordsharum.koh from Kobe city, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Rose of Sharon
Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus4 recordsWilhelm Zimmerling PAR · CC BY-SA 4.0
Annual Meadow Grass
Annual Meadow GrassPoa annua3 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 10:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common dayflower
Common dayflowerCommelina communis3 recordsErmell · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

32out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 15%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 12%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 203Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in April and in November.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan9°1°80 mm
  2. Feb10°1°75 mm
  3. Mar13°4°124 mm
  4. Apr18°9°135 mm
  5. May23°14°148 mm
  6. Jun26°18°185 mm
  7. Jul29°22°152 mm
  8. Aug30°23°134 mm
  9. Sep27°20°211 mm
  10. Oct22°14°246 mm
  11. Nov17°9°120 mm
  12. Dec11°3°83 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Shinjuku Gyoen.

Park and garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Shinjuku Gyoen is an arboretum in Japan.

Seen from space, 15% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 12% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

203 species have been recorded around it: 74 plants, 20 fungi, 109 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pollia japonica, Chameleon and Pink woodsorrel.

The best time to walk is in April and in November.

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden - sakura 3
Kakidai · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • デイキャンプコーナーcampsite · 11 km · 2 within 10 km
  • リステル新宿place to stay · 0.6 km · 1,232 within 10 km
  • Shinjukunearest town · 0.5 km in a straight line
  • Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight lineCar hire at HND airport (Tokyo)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Shinjuku Gyoen seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 23marked trails within 5 km中山道, 蛇崩川緑道, ふるさと文化の散歩道 and 20 more
  • 145named and notable trees within 6 km本郷弓町のクスノキ, 箒銀杏, ソメイヨシノ and 142 more
  • 34picnic sites within 4 km
  • 67shelters and huts within 6 km無料休憩所 and 66 more
  • 66viewpoints within 5 km東京シティビュー, Carrot Tower 26F, Sky Circus and 63 more
  • 51visitor centres within 6 kmSwitzerland Tourism, 本と街の案内所, JR東日本トラベルサービスセンター and 48 more
  • 1,423car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmデイキャンプコーナー, バーベキュー広場
  • 1,232places to stay within 10 kmリステル新宿, ホテルウィングインターナショナル プレミアム東京四谷, Shinjuku Park Hotel and 1,229 more
  • 3,818restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Shinjuku Gyoen.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas5 mountains within 25 km
Mount Hakone45 m · 1.8 kmMount Atago26 m · 4.2 kmDōkanyama7.0 kmGoten-yama7.8 kmMount Sengen80 m · 19 km
Islandyasthe island
Honshu230,426 km²
Viewyas9 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
SHIBUYA SKY3.3 kmBig O4.4 kmTokyo Tower4.5 kmTakanawa Fire Station Nihon-enoki Branch Office6.1 kmDaikanransha9.4 kmTokyo Skytree Tembo Deck352 m · 9.4 kmTower Hall Funabori14 kmDiamond and Flower Ferris Wheel14 km
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 km
Tokyo Wild Bird Park178 species · 12 kmKasai Marine Park218 species · 14 kmIchikawa Yachō no Rakuen157 species · 19 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Shinjuku Niagara Falls1.9 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Wooden footbridge in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo, Japan, a sunny day with blue sky
Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Footbridge over a pond in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building, Tokyo, Japan
Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden - sakura 2
Kakidai · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Shinjuku Gyoen

Japan

  • 32Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 12%Wild
  • 203Species

Aokigahara

Japan · 100 km

  • 90Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 371Species

See the guide

Koishikawa Botanical Garden

Japan · 5 km

  • 27Forestyas Score
  • 9%Trees
  • 14%Wild
  • 129Species

See the guide

Miho no Matsubara

Japan · 132 km

  • 42Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 162Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q776863) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species21,927 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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