National Diet Garden is found next to the National Assembly building and has both a Japanese style south garden and a Western style North Garden. The south garden was once an Edo period mansion of the Ii family during the Edo period. The south garden was captured by a Japanese ink drawing “Outside Sakurada” by Hiroshige in his Edo Scenery series. The north garden is actually Japan’s Geodetic Origin Point, is a western style garden. The garden is officially known as Kensei Memorial Park.
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