The Garden of Words - Park

The park seen in the anime movie The Garden of Words is based on Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in real life, so I went to have a look.



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This is one of the entrances to the park, Shinjuku Gate.




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The entrance gates themselves have been replaced with newer ones.




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Wooden walking path.




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The main place from the anime, a pavilion near the Japanese garden.




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It got an ashtray in real life, but other than that it matches.




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Close-up of where Yukari Yukino is sitting.




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The fence in the background is a bit more overgrown in real life.




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Another shot of the whole pavilion.




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Near the pavilion is also this pond.




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If you go there you can see koi fish here.




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And there's also another bigger pavilion here called Taiwan Pavilion.




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View of the Japanese garden from Taiwan Pavilion.




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Green area inside the park. The tallest building in the background is the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building.




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Close up of the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building.




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This is another entrance to the park called Sendagaya Gate.




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If you head out of Sendagaya Gate towards Sendagaya Station you'll see this pedestrian underpass where Chūō-Sobu Line trains run.



No map since this is a famous tourist attraction.

This location was visited on 2015/10/10.

Links:
Park official website

Special thanks to the ones who went here before:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/los_endos/20130926/1380204240