The is a private

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

located at 2566 Koshigaya,

Koshigaya, Saitama is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 345,353 in 158,022 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is famous for producing daruma dolls. ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Its curator, Tadahiko Aritaki, traveled and collected plants throughout Asia.

References

BGCI entry

Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens
Arboreta in Japan Botanical gardens in Japan Gardens in Saitama Prefecture Koshigaya, Saitama {{Japan-garden-stub