Many beautiful gardens were created in the castle compound where the Shogun lived, and some of these are still preserved. The garden of Hama detached palace in Tokyo was so laid out that the salt water was led into its big lake and the view of Fuji San beyond the Bay of Shinagawa could be enjoyed. Somewhat similarly planned is the garden of the former detached palace of Shiba in the neighbourhood which was given to the City of Tokyo a few years ago. Among gardens of daikyos, one of the most spacious was Toyama-yen, which consumed twenty-seven years in its completion, though no trace of it now remains. Horai-yen, still in good condition, belonging to Count Matsuura, is said to have been a collaboration of Enshyu and priest Kogetsu. Yokuon-yen was another. It was first given by the Third Shogun Iyemitsu to Inaba, lord of Tamba, and later fell to the hand of Matsudaira-Sadanobu, who remodelled it according to his own liking, and who designed also several other gardens, all of which were deserving of the fame of the author who officially supervised for a period the construction of Shogun's gardens.
[Hamarikyu Gardens (???????, Hama-rikyu Onshi Teien?) is a public park in Tokyo, Japan. Located at the mouth of the Sumida River in Chuo-ku, it was opened April 1, 1946. The park is a 250,165 mﾦ landscaped garden surrounding Shioiri Pond, the park itself surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century. Wikipedia, 2007]
