Koishikawa Botanical Garden
[Seasonal Special!] [Nature] [Botanical Garden] [Japanese Garden] [Circuit Style Garden] [Plum Blossom] [Cherry Blossom] [Handkerchief Tree] [Colored Leaf]
[Seasonal] Cherry Blossoms Viewing
★★★★★★★★☆☆ (8.0/10.0)
[Seasonal] Colored Leaves Viewing
★★★★★★★★☆☆ (8.0/10.0)
[Seasonal] Plum Blossoms Viewing
★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (7.0/10.0)
[Overall] Sightseeing
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ (6.0/10.0)
Features
△ Enjoyable
◎ Beautiful
◎ Relaxing
○ Unique
○ Japanese
TRY JAPAN recommends ...
1: to see handkerchief trees (limited season only)
2: to see cherry blossoms (limited season only)
Botanical garden that has the longest history in Japan
If you visit Koishikawa Botanical Garden, you can see "Apples of Newton" and "Grape of Mendel."
This botanical garden is selected as Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan and Place of Historic Site of Japan.
It is the oldest botanical garden in Japan. Historically, the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1867) established Koishikawa Medical Herb Garden in 1684. Graduate School of Science in the University of Tokyo conducts the study in the field of botany in this botanical garden, along with Nikko Botanical Garden in Tochigi Prefecture.
You can see a wide variety of flowers and trees such as handkerchief trees from season to season. In particular, you can find a lot of huge trees in the forest area. Also, there is the ginkgo tree concerned with academic achievement in plant sciences.
This botanical garden is famous for plum blossom and cherry blossom. The high season of plum blossom is from late winter to early spring and that of cherry blossom in spring.
Also, there is Japanese Garden. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, is located around this botanical garden.
It opened in 1877. It is a large public botanical garden of the University of Tokyo in residential area in Hakusan, Bunkyo City, Tokyo. Its nearest station is Hakusan station.
On a different note, Koishikawa Botanical Garden is different from Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens in Iidabashi, Bunkyo City, Tokyo.
Event Information
"Small Project Exhibition: Wild Birds of Koishikawa Botanical Garden"
from January 5, 2021 (Tuesday) to March 31, 2021 (Wednesday)
Finished Event Information
"Small Project Exhibition: Greenhouse of Koishikawa Now and Past"
from November 19, 2019 (Tuesday) to January 31, 2020 (Friday)
"Small Project Exhibition: The Department of Botany in Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Science of Koishikawa Botanical Garden Times"
from August 4, 2020 (Tuesday) to December 27, 2020 (Sunday)
Necessary Time
It is estimated that it is about 1.5 hours in a regular pace, about 1 hour in a hurried pace, and about 2 hours in a slow pace.
Opening Hour
This botanical garden opens from 9:00 to 16:30 (last entry: 16:00).
Closed Day
This botanical garden is closed every Monday, and year-end and new year holiday from December 29 to January 3. In case that Monday is either a national holiday or a substitute holiday, it opens on Monday and closes on the following weekday.
Admissions Fee
It is 500-yen for high school students and over, 150-yen for junior high school students and elementary school students. It is free for infants under 6 years old. It is free for infants under 6 years old. The ticket office is across from the entrance gate. It is free on Green Day of May 4.
Access
The closest station is Hakusan Station.
Nearest Railway Station
◎ Hakusan Station (Toei Subway: Mita Line)
○ Myogadani Station (Tokyo Metro: Marunouchi Line)
Fellow Travelers
◎ Alone
○ With Friends
○ With Significant Other
◎ With Family
○ With Children
Name in English
Koishikawa Botanical Garden
Name in Roman Letters
Koishikawa Shokubutsuen
Name in Japanese
小石川植物園
こいしかわしょくぶつえん
Address
3-7-1, Hakusan, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 112-0001, Japan
Telephone Number
03-3814-0138
URL
https://www.bg.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/koishikawa/eng/
Map
Area: Ikebukuro
- Asukayama Park
- Gokokuji Temple
- Hokutopia Observatory
- Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Kumagai Morikazu Art Museum
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
- Mejiro Japanese Garden
- Nerima City Office Observatory
- Printing Museum, Tokyo
- Rikugien Gardens
- Shibusawa Memorial Museum
- Sky Circus Sunshine 60 Observatory
- Sugamo Jizo Street
- Sunshine Aquarium
- Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Concert Hall
- Zoshigaya Kishimojindo
Purpose: Botanical Garden
- Institute for Nature Study
- Jindai Botanical Gardens
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Purpose: Cherry Blossom
- Asukayama Park
- Gotokuji Temple
- Hama-Rikyu Gardens
- Hokekyoji Temple
- Ikegami Honmonji Temple
- Inokashira Onshi Park
- Jindai Botanical Gardens
- Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan
- Kanda Myoujin Shrine
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
- Rikugien Gardens
- Sankeien Garden
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Showa Kinen Park
- Sumida River
- Ueno Onshi Park
- Yoyogi Park
Purpose: Colored Leaf
- Gotokuji Temple
- Hama-Rikyu Gardens
- Hibiya Park
- Hokekyoji Temple
- Inokashira Onshi Park
- Institute for Nature Study
- Jindai Botanical Gardens
- Jingu Gaien
- Keio Mogusaen
- Kiyosumi Gardens
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
- Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Gardens
- Kyu-Shiba-Rikyu Gardens
- Meiji Jingu Shrine
- Mejiro Japanese Garden
- Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
- Nezu Museum
- Rikugien Gardens
- Sankeien Garden
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Showa Kinen Park
- Takahata Fudoson Temple
- Takao Mountain
- Tonogayato Gardens
- Yoyogi Park
- Zoshigaya Kishimojindo
Purpose: Garden
- Asakura Museum of Sculpture
- The Gotoh Museum
- Hama-Rikyu Gardens
- Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art
- Ikegami Baien
- Jindai Botanical Gardens
- Jingu Gaien
- Katsushika Yamamoto-Tei
- Keio Mogusaen
- Kiyosumi Gardens
- Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
- Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Gardens
- Kyu-Shiba-Rikyu Gardens
- Meguro Tenku Garden
- Mejiro Japanese Garden
- Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
- Nezu Museum
- Rikugien Gardens
- Sankeien Garden
- Sensoji Temple
- Shibamata Taishakuten
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Showa Kinen Park
- Tokyo National Museum
- Tonogayato Gardens
Purpose: Nature
- Asukayama Park
- Hama-Rikyu Gardens
- Hibiya Park
- Ikegami Baien
- Inokashira Onshi Park
- Institute for Nature Study
- Jindai Botanical Gardens
- Jingu Gaien
- Kasai Rinkai Park
- Katsushika Yamamoto-Tei
- Keio Mogusaen
- Kiyosumi Gardens
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
- Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Gardens
- Kyu-Shiba-Rikyu Gardens
- Meguro Tenku Garden
- Mejiro Japanese Garden
- Minato-no-Mieru-Oka Park
- Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
- Odaiba Marine Park
- Rikugien Gardens
- Sankeien Garden
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Showa Kinen Park
- Sumida River
- Takao Mountain
- Tonogayato Gardens
- Ueno Onshi Park
- Yamashita Park
- Yogo-no-Matsu
- Yoyogi Park
Purpose: Other Nature
- Gotokuji Temple
- Hama-Rikyu Gardens
- Hokekyoji Temple
- Institute for Nature Study
- Jindai Botanical Gardens
- Kameido Tenjin Shrine
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
- Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Gardens
- Meiji Jingu Shrine
- Minato-no-Mieru-Oka Park
- Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens
- Nezu Jinja Shrine
- Nezu Museum
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Shiofune Kannonji Temple
- Showa Kinen Park
- Sumida River
- Takahata Fudoson Temple
- Takao Mountain
- Yogo-no-Matsu
- Yoyogi Park
- Zoshigaya Kishimojindo
Purpose: Plum Blossom
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