The shape of it
About
Nezu Shrine's Bunkyo Tsutsuji Matsuri opens its 300-year-old hillside garden of roughly 3,000 azalea bushes in about 100 varieties, blooming in waves of pink, red, white and purple. The slope is set behind the shrine's vermilion torii tunnel, one of Tokyo's most photogenic spring scenes.
Highlights
- About 3,000 azalea bushes in around 100 varieties on a 300-year-old hillside garden
- Successive waves of bloom, including rare types like fuji-tsutsuji and black karafune
- The garden set behind Nezu Shrine's famous vermilion torii tunnel
Plan it well
- Visit on a weekday around mid-April — weekends are very crowded
- Check the shrine's social media for the current bloom status before going
- Combine with a walk through the old Yanaka–Nezu–Sendagi neighbourhood
Where it happens
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