The Tsukuba Experimental Botanical Garden covers an area of approximately 140,000 square meters. The garden is home to approximately 4,000 plant species, including major Japanese plants, plants closely related to our daily lives, and rare plants that grow in tropical, subtropical, and arid regions of the world. Here, visitors can enjoy the way plants live, the various characteristics they have depending on their environment, and the beautiful changes they undergo during each of the four seasons.
9:00 - 16:30
Mondays (open if Monday is a national holiday)
The day after national holidays (open on Saturdays and Sundays)
Year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 - January 4)
Adults and college students 320 yen
Free for children under 18 and over 65 years old
Train / Bus: 3 min. walk from Tsukuba Station (Tsukuba Express), get off at Tsukuba Center and take Kanto Railway bus bound for Techno Park Oho, and get off at Tsukuba Experimental Botanical Garden.
Car: approx. 7 km from the Tsukuba-Chuo IC of the Ken-O Expressway, approx. 8 km from the Sakura-Tsuchiura IC of the Joban Expressway