Koishikawa Botanical Garden is the Medicinal Herb Research Garden for the University of Tokyo and so much more. This place is definitely great as a side quest: there aren’t any crowds, there is abundant and varied nature, and long walking paths with orchards, medicinal herb gardens, woods, and an immaculate Japanese garden.
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Information about Koishikawa Botanical Garden
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Address:
3-7-1 Hokusan, Bunkyo-ku
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Contact:
03-3814-0138
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Open hours:
9am – 4:30pm (entry until 4pm)
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Closed:
Mondays (the following weekday if it falls on a public/substitute holiday)
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Entrance fee:
Adults (high school students or older) ¥400. Children (elementary and junior high school students) ¥130. Discounts available for groups (of twenty or more)
Flower Calendar
- Jan. – Feb. : Camellia, Japanese Apricot, Sasanqua, Kan-zakura cherry, Kanboke
- Mar. – Apr. : Kobushi Magnolia, Bell flower cherry, Someiyoshino, Azalea, Japanese cornel, Handkerchief tree, Wisteria
- May – Jun. : Tulip tree, Snow flower, Satsuki azalea, Deutzia, Hydrangea, Japanese iris
- Jul. – Aug. : Persian silk tree, Daylily, Sweet-scented oliander, Crape myrtle, Chaste tree, Spider lily, Rose of Sharon
- Sep. – Oct.: Japanese bush clover, Red spider lily, Perennial Buckwheat, Japanese anemone, Golden rain tree, Pampas grass, Ornamental cotton rosemallow
- Nov. – Dec. : Chinese quince, Sasanqua, Camelia hiemalis, Diospyros rhombifolia, Acer palmatum, Tree Dahlia
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Background and History of Koishikawa Botanical Garden
The botanical garden attached to the University of Tokyo in Koishikawa Botanical Garden is now used for botanical research but were once a medicinal garden used by the Tokugawa Shogunate. With 16 hectares of green space including greenhouses, systematic gardens, plateaus, slopes, lowlands, and ponds, Koishikawa Botanical Garden uses its different land formations to cultivate over 4,000 species of wild plants. With a Japanese-style garden, an old well of “Yoiyosho”, a Ginkgo tree where it was discovered that Ginkgo trees were spermatazoids, and a Newton’s Apple tree, the plants contained in the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens continue to speak of a long history and tradition today.Features and Sights to See at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
Japanese Garden
The Japanese style garden in Koishikawa Botanical Garden came from the garden of the Hakusan Palace where the fifth Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi spent his childhood. Koishikawa Botanical Garden makes good use of the natural land formation and displays skillful landscaping techniques that can be seen in the subtle stone arrangements and land allotment. The garden is said to be a classic Edo period garden. A plum tree grove in the corner of the Japanese-style garden has a hundred trees of 50 cultivated varieties of Japanese apricot, Prunis mume.
Row of giant trees
You can enjoy the view of this row of gigantic trees which include Linden, Platanus and Tuliptree. These trees were planted as a test before planting trees in the streets during the Meiji period.
Acer palmatum boulevard at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
The leaves of the acer palmatum trees turn red from mid-November. It’s a wonderful place for a stroll.
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