Shinjuku Gyoen Self-Guided Audio Walk: Cherry Ponds, French Garden and Taiwan Pavilion

<ul><li value="1" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Walk one ring through Shinjuku Gyoen's three gardens, starting from Shinjuku, Okido or Sendagaya Gate. </span></li><li value="2" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">See the cherry banks of Middle Pond, the plane-tree rows of the French garden, the Taiwan Pavilion and the oldest pond, from 1772. </span></li><li value="3" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn how an Edo aqueduct's spare water filled these ponds, and how a lord's estate gave all of Shinjuku its name. </span></li><li value="4" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Touch the 1905 bridge that looks like gnarled wood and is concrete, then step into the glasshouse of island plants. </span></li><li value="5" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">14 stops over 2.7 km, about 90 minutes, with English audio you start whenever you like.</span></li></ul>