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

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• Restroom8-13

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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	Near Shinjuku gate	​In the greenhouse	​Near Okido gate	​Near Okido rest area	Next to Starbucks coffe	​Near Sendagaya rest area	Next to Sendagaya gate
  Restroom Entryway Width	​130cm	109cm	119cm	100cm	​99cm	​117cm	120cm
  Toilet Stall Entryway Width	50cm	​54cm	​ 56cm	​86cm	​48cm	​53cm	55cm
  Western Style Toilets Available	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	​Yes
  Western style Toilets with Handrails Available	L bar style	L bar style	​L bar style	​L bar style	None	None	L bar style ​
  Availability of heated bidet	Yes ​	Yes ​	​No	Yes ​	No	No	​No

  Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities	Near Shinjuku gate	​In the greenhouse	​Near Okido gate	​Near Okido rest area	Next to Starbucks coffe	​Near Sendagaya rest area	Next to Sendagaya gate
  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites	​Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	​Yes	​Yes	Yes
  Door Style	Sliding Door	Sliding Door	​Sliding Door​	Sliding Door	​Sliding Door	​​Sliding Door	Sliding Door
  Door Width	82cm	88cm	85cm	92cm	85cm	97cm	​​81cm
  Handrail Available	L bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style	NoneL bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style ​
  Warm Water Bidet Available	Yes ​	Yes ​	​No	Yes ​	No	No	​No
  Ostomate-compatible facilities	​Yes	Yes	​Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
  Universal Changing bed（for adults）	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
  Emergency Alert Button in Stall	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

  For Young Children	Near Shinjuku gate	​In the greenhouse	​​Near Okido gate	​​Near Okido rest area	​Next to Starbucks coffe	​​Near Sendagaya rest area	​Next to Sendagaya gate
  Baby Chair in Restroom stalls	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
  Diaper Changing Bed	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

  For the Visually Impaired	​Near Shinjuku gate	​​In the greenhouse	​​Near Okido gate	​​​Near Okido rest area	Next to Starbucks coffe	Near Sendagaya rest area	​Next to Sendagaya gate
  Audio Guide Available​	No	No	​No	No	No	No	No
  Braille Guide, Braille Map Available	​Braille on Toilet Operational Panel, Braille Map	Braille on Toilet Operational Panel	​No	​Braille on Toilet Operational Panel	Braille on Toilet Operational Panel, Braille Map ​	No	​No
  Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
• Toilet	​In front of Kyu-Goryo-tei	Next to Central rest area	Next to Shoten-tei tearoom	In Yurinoki restaurant	Behind Yurinoki restaurant	​In the Shinjuku information centre
  Restroom Entryway Width	N/A	110cm	93cm	80cm	130cm	104cm
  Toilet Stall Entryway Width	N/A　​	55cm	53cm	54cm	53cm	53cm
  Western Style Toilets Available	Yes	Yes	​Yes	​Yes	​Yes	​Yes
  Western style Toilets with Handrails Available	L bar style	None ​	L bar style	L bar style ​	None	N/A
  Availability of heated bidet	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

  Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities	​In front of Kyu-Goryo-tei	Next to Central rest area	Next to Shoten-tei tearoom	In Yurinoki restaurant	Behind Yurinoki restaurant	​In the Shinjuku information centre
  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites	Yes	Yes	Yes	​Yes	​Yes	Yes
  Door Style	Sliding Door	Sliding Door	Sliding Door	Sliding Door	Sliding Door	​ Sliding Door
  Door Width	​89cm	​82cm	​85cm	​86cm	​89cm	80cm
  Handrail Available	​L bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style	​L bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style	​L bar style & adustable U bar style	​L bar style & adustable U bar style
  Warm Water Bidet Available	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
  Ostomate-compatible facilities	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
  Universal Changing bed（for adults）	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
  ​​Emergency Alert Button in Stall	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

  For Young Children	​In front of Kyu-Goryo-tei	Next to Central rest area	Next to Shoten-tei tearoom	In Yurinoki restaurant	Behind Yurinoki restaurant	​In the Shinjuku information centre
  Baby Chair in Restroom stalls	No	No	Yes	​No	​​No	No
  Diaper Changing Bed	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

  For the Visually Impaired	​In front of Kyu-Goryo-tei	Next to Central rest area	Next to Shoten-tei tearoom	In Yurinoki restaurant	Behind Yurinoki restaurant	​​In the Shinjuku information centre
  Audio Guide Available​​	No	No	No	No	​No	No
  Braille Guide, Braille Map Available ​​	No	Braille on Toilet Operational Panel	​​Braille on Toilet Operational Panel	Braille on Toilet Operational Panel	Braille on Toilet Operational Panel	​No
  ​Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available	No	No	No	No	No	No

 Wheelchair Accessibility from nearest station

Wheelchair Accessibility at facility 

Restrooms

Attractions

Parking and infomations

Cafe

• Walkways & Stairways in Facility

• 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
• 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
• Cafe	​Starbucks cafe	Tearoom Shoten-tei	Restaurant Yurinoki（Tsuburano）	Sasaya Iori	Cafe Hananoki
  ​Type of food	​​Cafe style	Japanese cafe	Cafe style	​Japanese cafe	​​Cafe style
  Opening Hours	9:00-17:00	9:00-17:00	10:00-16:00	9:00-16:00	9:00-16:15

  Cafe Entryway & Interior Information	​Starbucks cafe	Tea room Shoten-tei	Restaurant Yurinoki（Tsuburano）	Sasaya Iori	Cafe Hananoki
  Door Type	​Automatic Door	​Automatic Door	Automatic Door	​Automatic Door	​Automatic Door
  Door Width	118cm	N/A	134cm	100cm	140cm
  Entryway Steps (Height)	None	N/A	None	None	None
  Slope in place of stairs	None	​ None	None	None	​ None
  Seats with Tables available	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Baby chair/booster seat available	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
  Other Seating Information	Terrace seats available	Bench-type chairs are not wheelchair accessible	None	None	Seats at the bar available ​
  Hallways width	Wide enough for wheelchair users​	68cm	Wide enough for wheelchair users	Wide enough for wheelchair users	​Wide enough for wheelchair users
  Staff Support（for buffet style meals)	No	No	No	No	No

  Menu

  Braille Menu Available: 　None​

  Menu with Photos:　Yes

  Multilingual Menu Available: Yes

  Special Accommodations	​​Starbucks cafe	​Tea room Shoten-tei	Restaurant Yurinoki（Tsuburano）	Sasaya Iori	Cafe Hananoki
  Accommodation for Special Dietary Needs for those with disabilities:	No	No	No	No	No
  Vegeterian Meals	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
  Halal Meals	None	None	None	None	None