Tojo Park / Tojo-tei House


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Tojo Park

Left bank 19.4Km point of the Edogawa River
610m
741-1 Matsudo Matsudo-City Chiba-pref.
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9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Mondays(excluding Mondays that are national holidays
or substitute holidays,in which case museum close
on the day following)
Year end and New Year
Free


TOKUGAWA Akitake who was the last load of the Mito clan lived here at one time. When the country house was built here,
it was called Tojo-tei House after the local place-name Tojo. The house and its garden, named Tojo Park have been open
to the public since 1990 along with the newly built museum. (Source: pamphlet of Tojo-tei)


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Tojo-tei House

Left bank 19.4Km point of the Edogawa River
610m
741-1 Matsudo, Matsudo-City Chiba-pref.
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9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.(No entry after 4:30p.m.)
Mondays(excluding Mondays that are national holidays
or substitute holidays,in which case museum close
on the day following)
Year end and New Year(December 28 through January 4)
Adults: 150 yen
University/High School Students: 100 yen
Junior High School/Elementary School Students: 50 yen
Tojo-tei House was built in 1884 in the early Meiji Period. The garden, with undulating lawn and clipped shrubs,gives us
an early and good example blending of Japanese and Western elements in Meiji Periods. Tojo-tei House was registered
as a place of scenic beauty in Chiba Prefecture in 1986, and also an important cultural property in 2006. (Source: pamphlet of Tojo-tei)

There also is the Tojo Museum of History in front of the Tojo-tei House. The museum's holdings are mainly the Matsudo Tokugawa
family's heirlooms. The exhibits are changed every two or three month. Admission Rates are same as the those of the Tojo-tei House.
The rate of pair ticket of the Tojo-tei House and the Tojo Museum of History is 20% off.
The opening hour is same as that of the Tojo-tei House. The museum will be closed in addition, when changing the exhibits.