Jindai Botanical Garden
The Jindai Botanical Garden is at the edge of the Musashino plateau just above Jindaiji Temple in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. It extends across 425,433 square meters, and each of its thirty areas features varieties of one kind of plant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: ITA-ATU, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday—Sunday: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
December 29th—January 1st: closed - Type: Park
- Description: botanical garden
- Also known as: “Jindai Botanical Gardens” and “Jindai Shokubutsu Koen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jindai-ji and Jindaiji Castle.
Jindai-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jindai-ji is a temple belonging to the Tendai school of Buddhism. It is located in Chōfu in Tokyo Prefecture.
Jindaiji Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jindaiji Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle, located in what is now the city of Chōfu, Tokyo, in the Kantō region of Japan Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2007.
TAMA 300
Observatory
Photo: Kestrel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
TAMA 300 is a gravitational wave detector located at the Mitaka campus of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. It is a project of the gravitational wave studies group at the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research of the University of Tokyo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitaka and Tobitakyu.
Mitaka
Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC0.
Mitaka is a city in the Western Tokyo region of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 16.42 square kilometres.
Tobitakyu
Quarter
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tobitakyu is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Jindai Botanical Garden.
Kichijoji
Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC0.
Kichijoji is a western suburb of Musashino, Tokyo. The general area also extends into Mitaka. The highlight is Inokashira Park, with long walking paths surrounding a lake.
Jindai Botanical Garden
- Categories: botanical garden, Tokyo metropolitan park, and recreation area
- Location: Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.66989° or 35° 40′ 12″ northLongitude
139.5492° or 139° 32′ 57″ eastElevation
66 metres (217 feet)Inception
October 20th, 1961Height
3 metres (9.8 feet)Open location code
8Q7XMG9X+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 260866219OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Jindai Botanical Garden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jindai Shokubutsu Kōen”
- Chinese: “神代植物公園”
- Finnish: “Jindain kasvitieteellinen puutarha”
- French: “jardin botanique de Jindai”
- French: “Jardin botanique de Jindai”
- Japanese: “Jindai shokubutsu-kōen”
- Japanese: “東京都神代植物公園”
- Japanese: “神代植物公園”
- Korean: “진다이 식물공원”
- Lithuanian: “Džindai botanikos sodas”
- Persian: “باغ گیاهشناسی جیندای”
- Polish: “Ogród Botaniczny Jindai”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico Jindaiji”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico Jindaiji”
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