The , sometimes called the Nigawa Botanical Garden, is a

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...

located at 6-14-15 Nigawa-cho,

Nishinomiya, Hyōgo 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of 48 ...

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 ...

. The garden is next to Kabutoyama Forest Park at

Mount Kabutoyama {{nihongo, Mount Kabuto, 甲山, Kabuto-yama is a mountain in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. It is located in the east end of the Rokko Mountains, and the height is 309.2m. Outline Mount Kabuto is a famous picnic spot in the Kansai metropolitan ...

, and contains a

greenhouse A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse, or, if with sufficient heating, a hothouse) is a structure with walls and roof made chiefly of Transparent ceramics, transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic condit ...

, flower collections, and

cherry tree A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

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References

Kitayama Botanical Garden (Japanese)

Kansai Time Out article

Natural Parks, Botanical Gardens, etc. in the Hanshin Area

Yellow Pages Japan
Nishinomiya Botanical gardens in Japan Gardens in Hyōgo Prefecture {{Japan-garden-stub

See also

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