Students of Waseda University come to this garden, tucked on the edge of the Shinjuku campus, in between lectures for a quiet nap or to eat bento on the lawn. Some of the gardens around the city ban visitors from crossing the grass or eating within the garden, but this hidden green oasis is here to serve the masses with whatever kind of rest they need most, be it a quick snooze or an afternoon of reading on the grass.
The garden features a traditional stone lantern as well asa pond of lotuses, but also has a statue of the philosopherConfucius and a traditional Korean bell donated by graduate students to mark the hundredth anniversary of the university and to symbolise the diverse ties among its international scholars.