Shinjuku Gyoen is one of the largest and popular park in the heart of Tokyo,near Shinjuku Station.
This famously beautiful park is mostly barrier-free and easily accessible to wheelchair users.
Most guides and informations are availabele in multiple languages for overseas vistors.
 Please see below for information in English.

• Facility Overview and Access

• Wheelchair accessibility and facilities

• Parking

• Restroom

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• Facility Overview

  Facility Name: ​Shinjuku Gyoen National garden

  Address: 11 Naito-cho,Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo

  ​Telephone Number: 03-3350-0151

  Opening Hours: 9：00～17：30（Close at 16：00(10/1～3/14)、Close at 18：30(7/1～8/20)）

  Closed: Every Monday(If Monday is a holiday,the next weekday will be close),New Year's holiday(29th December-3rd January) During 25th March to 24th April and 1st to 15th November,they will be open everyday.

  General Admission Fee: General:￥500/Over 65 years old:￥250/Student（16-18years old):￥250/Under15years old:Free (It is required that you present your certificate to a staff member)

  Discount for those with Disabilities: Yes,free of charge(with presentation of disability certificate issued in Japan)

  Home Page URL: https://fng.or.jp/shinjuku/

  Access

  Nearest Station/Bus Stop: Shinjuku Gyoen station(Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)

  Distance from Nearest Station/Bus Stop: 400m

  Approximate travel time from station/bus stop: 6～7 minute walk from Exit 1
• Accessibility

  Suitable in All Weather: Not good for rainy days, All outdoors

  Estimated Visiting time for Persons with Disabilities: 1 hour ～2 hours

  Parking for those with Disabilities: Available, see photos

  Mulitlingual Guidance Available: Yes

  Map of Wheelchair accessible paths Available: Yes

  Basic Information for Accessibility

  Step into Entrance of Facility（Height）: None

  Wheelchair accessible Entryway option(Slope）: N/A

  Elevator: None

  Nursing Room Available: Yes

  First Aid Room: None

  Babysitting/Childcare: None

  Sensory Room: None

  Prayer Room:​ ​None

  Service Dogs Allowed:　Yes

  Rentals

  Wheelchair Rental: Yes

  Baby Buggy/Stroller Rental: No

  Audio Guide Rental: Yes(On the App)

  Other Available Rentals: No
• Parking Area

  Map from Parking to Facility Availale: None​

  Multilingual Guide Map of Parking Area Available: N/A

  Surface type of Parking Area: ​Asphalt

  Parking Area Facility with covered Roof Path: No

  Distance from Parking Area to an Indoor Facility: 50m

  Parking Attendants Available: No

  Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Parking Space for those with Disabilities Available: Yes, 4 spaces​

  Steps on Pathway from Parking Area to Entryway: ​None

  Vehicle Available to Drive up to Entryway for drop off: No
• Toilet (①Near Shinjuku gate ②In the greenhouse ③Near Okido gate ④Near Okido rest area ⑤Next to Starbucks coffe ⑥Near Sendagaya rest area ⑦Next to Sendagaya gate ⑧In front of Kyu-Goryo-tei ⑨Next to Central rest area ➉Next to Shoten-tei tearoom ⑪In Yurinoki restaurant ⑫Behind Yurinoki restaurant ⑬In the Shinjuku information centre⑭In the museum)

  Restroom Entryway Width: ①130cm ②109cm ③119cm ④100cm ⑤99cm ⑥117cm ⑦120cm　⑧N/A　⑨110cm　➉93cm ⑪80cm ⑫130cm ⑬104cm⑭N/A

  Toilet Stall Entryway Width: ①50cm ②54cm ③56cm ④86cm ⑤48cm ⑥53cm ⑦55cm　⑧N/A　⑨55cm　➉53cm ⑪54cm ⑫53cm ⑬53cm⑭Ｎ/A

  Western Style Toilets Available: Yes

  Western style Toilets with Handrails Available: ①L bar style ②L bar style ③L bar style ④L bar style ⑤None ⑥None ⑦L bar style ⑧L bar style⑨None ➉L bar style ⑪L bar style ⑫None ⑬N/A⑭N/A

  Availability of heated bidet: ①Yes ②Yes ③No ④Yes ⑤No ⑥No ⑦No ⑧No ⑨Yes ➉Yes ⑪Yes ⑫No ⑬No⑭N/A

  Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites:  Yes

  Door Style: Sliding Door

  Door Width: ①82cm ②88cm ③85cm ④92cm ⑤85cm ⑥97cm ⑦81cm ⑧89cm ⑨82cm ➉85cm ⑪86cm ⑫89cm ⑬80cm⑭103cm

  Handrail Available: L bar style & adustable U bar style

  Warm Water Bidet Available: ①Yes ②Yes ③No ④Yes ⑤No ⑥No ⑦No ⑧No ⑨Yes ➉Yes ⑪Yes ⑫No ⑬No⑭Yes

  Ostomate-compatible facilities: ①Yes ②Yes ③Yes ④Yes ⑤Yes ⑥Yes ⑦No ⑧No ⑨Yes ➉Yes ⑪Yes ⑫No ⑬No⑭Yes

  Universal Changing bed（for adults）: ①No ②No ③No ④Yes ⑤Yes ⑥No ⑦No ⑧Yes ⑨No ➉No ⑪No ⑫Yes ⑬No⑭Yes

  Emergency Alert Button in Stall: Yes

  For Young Children

  Baby Chair in Restroom stalls: ​①Yes ②Yes ③No ④Yes ⑤Yes ⑥Yes ⑦No ⑧No ⑨No ➉Yes ⑪No ⑫No ⑬No⑭Yes

  Diaper Changing Bed: ①Yes ②Yes ③No ④No ⑤Yes ⑥Yes ⑦Yes ⑧No ⑨Yes ➉Yes ⑪Yes ⑫No ⑬Yes⑭Yes

  For the Visually Impaired

  Audio Guide Available: No​

  Braille Guide, Braille Map Available: ①Braille on Toilet Operational Panel, Braille Map ②Braille on Toilet Operational Panel ③No ④Braille on Toilet Operational Panel ⑤Braille on Toilet Operational Panel, Braille Map ⑥No ⑦No ⑧No ⑨Braille on Toilet Operational Panel ➉Braille on Toilet Operational Panel ⑪Braille on Toilet Operational Panel ⑫Braille on Toilet Operational Panel ⑬No⑭Braille on Toilet Operational Panel

  Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available: No

 Wheelchair Accessibility from nearest station

Wheelchair Accessibility at facility 

Restrooms

Attractions

Parking and infomations

Cafe

• Walkways & Stairways in Facility

• Escalators & Elevators

• Information & Guidance System

• Cafe

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• Paths & Walkways at Facility

  Uneven surfaces on Paths: Some, gravel paths

  Stairs at Facility: Steps at several points

  Accesibility Path around Steps: Slopes at several points

  Pathway Surfaces: Most paths asphalt or concrete

  Inaccessible Areas to those with physical disabilities: ​Okido rest area,Old imperial rest house,Japanese traditional garden and Tamamo pond

  Rest Area: Yes, Free rest area available

  Braille Ground Blocks : Yes(Entrance of restaurant Yurinoki)

  Braille Exhibit Guide Information: None

  Other difficult to traverse areas: None

  Condition of Stairways at Facility

  Wheelchair Stairlift Available: No

  Handrail Available: Almost all stairs have handrails

  Braille Labelled Handrails: No
• Escalators

  Escalator: None

  Audio Guidance to Escalator Available: N/A

  Elevators

  Number of Elevators Available: No

  Width Inside Elevator:  N/A

  Door Width: N/A

  Wheelchair Accesible Control Panel: N/A

  Rear-view Mirror in Elevator: N/A

  Audio guidance at Destination Floors: N/A

  Braille on Control Panel: N/A

  Visual Display of Destination Floor: ​N/A

  Multilingual Guidance: N/A

  Multilingual Control Panel: N/A
• Accommodations for Different Needs at Facility

  Support & Guidance Available:​ No

  Facilities & Exhibits that are accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: No

  Areas not accesible to those with Physical Disabilities: Okido rest area,Old imperial rest house,Japanese traditional garden and Tamamo pond

  Audio Guide Available: Yes

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Visually impaired & Blind: None

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Hearing impaired & Deaf: Writing communication board available(Ticket counter,Parking lot,Service centre, Information centre)

  Speech to Text Convertion Available: None

  Multilingual Displays: Yes

  Multilingual Audio Guide, Headset Audio Guide Available: ​Yes

  Accommodations provided by Staff

  Staffed trained to accommodate those with Physical Dissabilities: N/A​

  Staff trained to accommodate the Visually Impaired & Blind: N/A

  Staff trained to accommodate the Hearing Impairments & Deaf: N/A

  Staff can use Sign Language: N/A

  Multilingual Staff Available: N/A
• General Information

  Name: ①Starbucks coffe ②Tearoom Shoten-tei ③Restaurant Yurinoki（Tsuburano） ④Sasaya Iori ⑤Cafe Hananoki

  Type of food: Cafe style, Japanese green tea and Japanese sweets

  Opening Hours: ①9:00am-5:00pm ②9:00am-5:00pm ③10:00am-4:00pm ④9:00am-4:00pm ⑤10:00am-6:30pm(Weekdays),9:00am-6:30pm(Weekends)

  Cafe Entryway & Interior Information

  Door Type: Automatic Door

  Door Width: ①118cm ②N/A ③134cm ④100cm ⑤140cm

  Entryway Steps (Height): ①None ②N/A ③None ④None ⑤None

  Slope in place of stairs:  None

  Seats with Tables available: Yes,see photos

  Baby chair/booster seat available: ①Yes ②No ③Yes ④No ⑤Yes

  Other Seating Information: ①Terrace seats available ②Bench-type chairs are not wheelchair accessible③None ④None ⑤Seats at the bar available

  Hallways width: Wide enough for wheelchair users

  Staff Support（for buffet style meals): No

  Menu

  Braille Menu Available: 　None​

  Menu with Photos:　Yes

  Multilingual Menu Available: Yes

  Special Accommodations

  Accommodation for Special Dietary Needs for those with disabilities:  No

  Vegeterian Meals:　①No ②No ③Yes ④No ⑤Yes

  Halal Meals: None

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