in the 1950s has a stock of over 1,700 tropical and subtropical plant species on permanent display. Entrances and admission The garden has three access gates: Shinjuku Gate, Okido Gate, and Sendagaya Gate. Shinjuku Gyoen is open from 9:00 until 16:30. On Mondays the garden is closed, except during the cherry blossom and chrysanthemum seasons: late March–late April, and early November respectively, when the garden is open seven days a week. The greenhouse is open from 9:30 until 16:00. The last admission is at 16:00. Location The garden is a short walk from Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station on the Marunouchi Line or Sendagaya Station on the Chūō-Sōbu Line. The garden is on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line near Shinjuku-sanchōme Station. From that station (exit C1) the garden is a four-minute walk. In popular culture In Yasunari Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain, Shingo declares, "You can stretch out. It's like getting out of Japan - I wouldn't have dreamed that there was a place like this right in the middle of Tokyo." It is the setting of the 2013 anime film The Garden of Words. References Bibliography External links Shinjuku Gyoen official website (English) Gardens in Tokyo Hanami spots of Japan Parks and gardens in Tokyo Shibuya Shinjuku