JINDAI BOTANICAL GARDEN
Jindai Botanical Garden (神代植物公園) is located
at the edge of the Musashino plateau just above Jindaiji Temple in
Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. Each of its 30 areas features
varieties of one kind of plant. Displays of ume, cherries, azalea,
dogwood, peonies, roses, wisteria, etc. can be seen every month of the
year. In addition, in front of the temple below there is a wetland
annex for aquatic plants, where irises are cultivated.
It has 100,000 trees and shrubs representing approximately 4,500
varieties, each with an identifying label. The park has a plant
protection program to preserve endangered Japanese species plus
exhibitions and activities related to gardening for the benefit of
local citizens. Just outside the rear gate there is an area where a
few choice plants are sold to visitors.
The site of Jindai Botanical Garden was once part of a medieval
fortress said to date from 1537. Later it was a nursery that supplied
street trees to Tokyo. After the war it was opened to the public as "Jindai
Ryokuchi (green lung)" and in 1961 was given its current name as it
became the first botanical garden in Tokyo.
Downhill from the garden is the Jindaiji Temple, the second oldest one
in Tokyo.
Location: Jindaiji Motomachi 5-31-1-Chofu City, Tokyo
182-0017
Directions: From Chofu Station on the Keio Line, take an Odakyu bus,
destination Mitaka or Kichijoji. Get off at Jindaiji Shokubutsu Koen
Mae.
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