Tokyo Metropolitan Jindai Botanical Gardens (Chofu)

 park, botanical garden

Admission (adult): 500 Yen
(65 years and older - 250 Yen, junior high school students and seniors (over 65 years)- 250 Yen, primary school students and pre-school children - free; discount for groups of 20 and more)

Closed: 29 December - 1 January and Mondays
Hours: 09:30 - 16:30 (admission until 16:00)

Phone: 042-483-2300

Once a seeding plantation for roadside trees of Tokyo, in 1961 established as a botanical gardens by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
It contains over 4,500 varieties of plants constituting 28 blocks such as Azalea Garden, Rose Garden, Plum Garden, Bamboo Grove, Magnolia Garden, and etc. A large greenhouse for tropical and subtropical plants was constructed in 1984.
Total area: 486,537 sq.m.