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Hiroshima City Botanical Garden
The Hiroshima City Botanical Garden overlooks the Seto Inland Sea from a hilltop in Kurashige located in Saeki Ward, halfway between Hiroshima city center and Miyajima Island. There are a variety of facilities to be found across the 18.3 hectare garden, including the main conservatory, cactus greenhouse, display greenhouse, tropical waterlily greenhouse, begonia greenhouse, fuchsia greenhouse, cultivation greenhouse, research laboratory, lawn plaza, cascade, phylogenetic garden, and arboretum. The collection at the Hiroshima City Botanical Garden comprises approximate 200,000 plants from 10,000 species.
Basic Information
- Address: 3-495 Kurashige, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima
- Hours: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (last admission at 4:00 pm)
- Closed: Every Friday (Open if a national holiday or August 6 falls of a Friday), New Years holidays (12/29–1/3)
(The Hiroshima City Botanical Garden may open on Fridays during peak travel seasons; please contact the Botanical Garden directly to inquire.)
Admission Fees
- Adults (18-64 year olds): \510
- Senior citizens (65 years and older (ID required)): \170
- Children (high school students/younger than 18 years old): \170
Free admission for children junior high-school aged or younger.
Zoo-Botanical Garden-Insectarium Annual Combo-Pass
- Adults (18-64 year olds): \1,560
- Senior citizens (65 years and older (ID required)): \510
- Children (high school students/younger than 18 years old): \510
Parking Fees
- Cars: \450
- Large vehicles: \1,400
Rental Services
- Wheelchairs: no charge (10 available)
- Strollers: no charge (15 available)
- Umbrellas: no charge (30 available)
- Electric scooters: \500/2 hours
- Coin-operated lockers: \100
Food and Drink
There is a restaurant and café in the garden.
How to get to the Hiroshima City Botanical Garden
- Take the bus bound for Yakushi-ga-Oka Danchi via Hiroshima City Botanical Garden (植物公園経由・薬師が丘団地行き//Shokubutsu-kōen-keiyu/Yakushi-ga-Oka Danchi-yuki) from JR or Hiroden Itsukaichi Station; takes approximately 20 minutes.
- Approximately 30 minutes from Hiroshima city center by car; approximately 15 minutes from the Sanyō Expressway Itsukaichi and Hatsukaichi Interchanges.
Contact Details
The Hiroshima City Botanical Garden
- Tel: 082-922-3600
Related Information
- Annual Combo-Pass (Japanese)
- Hiroshima City Botanical Garden<外部リンク>
Inquiries about this page
Planning and Management Section, Landscape Division, Greenery Promotion Department, Urban Development Bureau
1-6-34 Kokutaiji-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8586
Tel: 082-504-2390 // Fax: 082-504-2391
Email: park@city.hiroshima.lg.jp