Koishikawa Botanical Garden

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[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.