Venue Partner
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo
椿山荘
Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
A garden that makes its own clouds, twenty minutes from Tokyo Station
What makes it special
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The hotel generates a mist that fills the valley of its own garden - an effect it created and now stages nightly. Nothing else in Tokyo produces a backdrop like it, and it belongs to the venue rather than the weather.
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Cherry blossom in spring, fireflies released in early summer, maple in autumn, camellia in winter. The garden is historic ground, and the three-storey pagoda within it dates from the Edo period.
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Chinzanso has been hosting celebrations beside these gardens for more than six decades. That matters operationally: the run sheets, the vendor relationships and the guest handling are all long since solved.
About the venue
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo is a five-star hotel built around a historic garden in Bunkyo-ku, the quiet academic district north of the Imperial Palace. The grounds were a private estate long before the hotel existed, and the three-storey pagoda standing among the trees dates from the Edo period.
It is best known for the Tokyo Sea of Clouds, a mist the hotel releases into its own valley each evening. For couples, the practical appeal is narrower and more useful: a garden that photographs completely differently in every season, eight restaurants on site, guest rooms for family flying in, and sixty years of running weddings in the same building.
Spaces
| Space | Size and capacity |
|---|---|
| Banquet halls | TODO capacities to confirm with venue |
| Chapel | TODO confirm |
| Shinto shrine | TODO confirm |
| Garden settings | Historic garden, pagoda, Sea of Clouds valley |
| Dining | Eight restaurants on site |
Capacities vary by layout and menu. Confirm final numbers with the venue at the time of booking.
Getting there
Ten minutes on foot from Edogawabashi Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line). Around 25 minutes by taxi from Tokyo Station or Ginza, 60 minutes by limousine bus from Haneda Airport and 90 minutes from Narita.
2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8680, Japan
Venue information and photography courtesy of Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo. Official venue page →
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Begin
Tell me your date and guest numbers. I will come back with what this venue can and cannot do for the day you have in mind - honestly, and in English, Cantonese or Mandarin.