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SHINJUKU GYOEN NATIONAL GARDEN

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

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Let the cherry blossom fanatics take over this garden with picnics in the spring: the fall is where it’s at. As soon as the maple trees turn red in the Japanese garden, and a golden hue takes over the British garden, a calm descends. Leaf-peepers wrap up to embark on crisp strolls, where the only sounds are of leaves crunching beneath their feet and kids rolling on the fallen yellow foliage. Hidden inside the bamboo-lined and glossy black walls of the Nezu Museum