Major Tourist Spots

The Hiroshima Botanical Garden

Address 3-495 Kurashige, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima
Tel (082) 922-3600
Access *From Hiroshima Bus Center, take a bus bound for Yakushigaoka Danchi via Shokubutsu Koen (Botanical Garden). It takes about 40 minutes.
*Take JR Sanyo Main Line and get off "Itsukaichi Station," or take a streetcar bound for Hiroden-miyajima-guchi and get off at "Hiroden-Itsukaichi" Take a bus bound for Yakushigaoka Danchi via Shokubutsu Koen (Botanical Garden). Transfer to the bus takes about 20 minutes.
Open 9:00～16:30 (entry permitted until 16:00)
Closed Fridays (When Friday falls on a national holiday or August 6, the preceding day will be closed.)
December 29 - January 3
Admission Fee Individual/Adults 500 yen, Elementary, junior high and high school students or persons under 18 years old 170 yen
Group(30 people or more)/Adults 420 yen, Elementary, junior high and high school students or persons under 18 years old 130 yen
URL http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/

The Hiroshima Botanical Garden has six greenhouses where visitors can enjoy tropical plants, including rare species of orchids and vividly colored bulbed begonias, which are said to be the most beautiful flowers in the world. This botanical garden also has large flower beds, water falls of various sizes, a cherry tree orchard, rose garden, hydrangea garden, Japanese bush clover garden, azalea garden, etc. The enormous variety of plants and the spacious site of the Hiroshima Botanical Garden make it one of the prominent botanical gardens in Western Japan. The botanical garden has a leading technique of orchid culture.

This information is valid as of
April 1. 2006.