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Location | Nakano Ward and Shinjuku Ward, Japan |
Coordinates | 35°43′20″N 139°40′26″E / 35.722242°N 139.674026°E |
Area | 52,494 square metres (12.972 acres) |
Created | 1904 |
Public transit access | Ochiai-minami-nagasaki Station |
Tetsugaku-dō Park (哲学堂公園, Tetsugaku-dō Kōen) ("Park of the Philosophy Shrine" or "Temple Garden of Philosophy") is a public park in Tokyo, Japan. Most of the park is in Nakano Ward, while approximately 7% (at the south-eastern edge) is in Shinjuku Ward. [1] It was created successively during the years 1904 to 1919 by the philosopher and founder of Toyo University, Inoue Enryō. Inoue thought of this philosophical theme park as a place for mental cultivation. In 2020, the park was designated a National Site of Scenic Beauty.
The main characteristics of the park are 77 garden features named according to philosophical concepts and the commemoration of various sages and philosophers of the Eastern and the Western philosophical traditions.
Tetsugaku-dō Park has a play area for children, toilets, a Japanese garden and a plum garden.
Schulzer, Rainer, ed. Guide to the Temple Garden of Philosophy (Toyo University Press, 2019). ISBN 978-4-908590-07-8
Tetsugaku-dō Park | |
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![]() Shiseidō and Rokkendai | |
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Location | Nakano Ward and Shinjuku Ward, Japan |
Coordinates | 35°43′20″N 139°40′26″E / 35.722242°N 139.674026°E |
Area | 52,494 square metres (12.972 acres) |
Created | 1904 |
Public transit access | Ochiai-minami-nagasaki Station |
Tetsugaku-dō Park (哲学堂公園, Tetsugaku-dō Kōen) ("Park of the Philosophy Shrine" or "Temple Garden of Philosophy") is a public park in Tokyo, Japan. Most of the park is in Nakano Ward, while approximately 7% (at the south-eastern edge) is in Shinjuku Ward. [1] It was created successively during the years 1904 to 1919 by the philosopher and founder of Toyo University, Inoue Enryō. Inoue thought of this philosophical theme park as a place for mental cultivation. In 2020, the park was designated a National Site of Scenic Beauty.
The main characteristics of the park are 77 garden features named according to philosophical concepts and the commemoration of various sages and philosophers of the Eastern and the Western philosophical traditions.
Tetsugaku-dō Park has a play area for children, toilets, a Japanese garden and a plum garden.
Schulzer, Rainer, ed. Guide to the Temple Garden of Philosophy (Toyo University Press, 2019). ISBN 978-4-908590-07-8