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Japanese Garden, Sector 31

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

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Overview

A landscaped Zen garden of pagodas, arched bridges, a meditation cave, koi streams and bonsai — the city's most tranquil themed park.

Why visit: A pocket of Kyoto in the sectors.

Things to do

›Pagodas & bridges
›Meditation cave
›Koi streams
›Waterfall & pools

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

Free–₹200

Duration

1–2 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

1 km

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📍 Museum

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International Dolls Museum, Sector 23

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2.1 km

🍲 Local Experience

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Sector 35 & Sector 26 Food Streets

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Year-round; eveningsEveningExplore

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Terraced Garden, Sector 33

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Oct–Mar; evenings1 hrExplore

2.8 km

📍 Shopping

4.4

Elante Mall

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North India's largest mall — 200+ brands, a courtyard of restaurants, multiplex, gaming zone and the tricity's rainy-day, hot-day, any-day magnet.

Year-roundHalf dayExplore

2.8 km

📍 Shopping

4.1

Sector 22 Shastri Market

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The city's oldest bustling bazaar — export-surplus fashion, street food, phones and the everyday shopping rhythm of Chandigarh's first sectors.

Year-round2–3 hrsExplore

2.8 km

📍 Museum

4.3

Le Corbusier Centre, Sector 19

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The master's former Chandigarh office turned museum — original drawings, models, photographs and the story of how a city was conjured from farmland.

Year-round (closed Mon)1–2 hrsExplore

2.9 km

🛕 Religious

4.5

ISKCON Temple, Sector 36

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🐅 Wildlife

4.2

Chandigarh Bird Park, Sector 21

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A walk-through aviary park (opened 2021) of macaws, cockatoos, pheasants and finches in landscaped enclosures — the tricity's newest family favourite.

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3.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.1

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3.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.0

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The city's modernist churches — clean-lined 1960s design, stained glass and Christmas-lit facades in the central sectors.

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