The Garden of Denbou-In – Asakusa’s Secret

For years I have been peeping through the fence to get a look at the garden of Denbou-In, adjacent to the big temple complex of Sensou-ji in Asakusa. Now, finally, I’ve been able to enter. This spring, until May 7, the garden is extraordinarily open to the public. Unfortunately, I’ve missed the bloom of its amazing Shidarezakura trees (weeping cherry trees), but the garden is beautiful in every season.

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