Former Yasuda Kusuo Residence and Garden
This season's opening
Former Yasuda residence: garden paths opened
- Hours
- In 2025, Wednesdays and Saturdays in the period only; the house is open 10:30–16:00 (last entry 15:30 from October 2026).
- Admission
- House admission (from Oct 2026: adults ¥700, ¥200 off with a student ID; secondary-school students ¥200; primary age and under free with a guardian). In 2025 the path opening cost nothing extra.
- Booking
- No booking
The weeks when the paths of this scenic garden, normally seen only from the rooms, are opened so you can walk down into it.
It only opens on Wednesdays and Saturdays, which meant six days in 2025, and the path opening is called off in bad weather. Socks are compulsory. Join the 10:40 or 13:30 talk first; the garden makes more sense once you know the rooms.
About the garden
A Sendagi house and garden built in 1918 by Fujita Yoshisaburo, who founded the Toshimaen amusement park, and bought after the 1923 earthquake by Yasuda Zenshiro, son-in-law of the Yasuda zaibatsu's founder. The rooms are staggered so that each one looks out on a different part of the garden. A Tokyo Place of Scenic Beauty since 1998.
Where to stand
On an ordinary visit you see the garden from inside. Move from room to room and compare what each window gives you: the rooms step along an east–west line, so the same garden is framed differently in each. On the path-opening days, finish by going down into the garden and turning round to find, from outside, the windows you were just looking through.
Practical notes
Open on Wednesdays and Saturdays only, 10:30–16:00; from 1 October 2026 the last entry is 15:30 and adult admission is ¥700. Socks are compulsory (no bare feet), and flash, tripods and photo shoots are not allowed. Usually you see the garden from the rooms; in the late-autumn path-opening weeks you can also walk down into it. Free talks at 10:40 and 13:30, no booking.
Tea and food nearby
Small places within walking distance. Check their opening days against the garden's.
- 7 min walk🍡 SweetsKikumi Senbei
A rice-cracker shop at the foot of Dangozaka since 1875, known for crackers that are square rather than round. Buy one each and share them on the way down the hill.
Order：The square senbei
- 8 min walk☕ CafePetticoat Lane
A café and dining bar by Sendagi Station, full of old furniture, with live music now and then: after the Taisho house, another room of old things to sit in.
Order：French toast
Tue–Sat 11:30–23:00, Sun–Mon 11:30–18:00Closed: No fixed closing day listed (some listings say it closes irregularly)¥1,000–2,000 (cash only)Details ↗