The Itabashi Botanical Garden (東京都板橋区立熱帯環境植物館, Tōkyō-to Itabashi Kuritsu Nettai Kankyō Shokubutsukan, 1,000 m2) is an indoor botanical garden located at 8-29-2 Takashimadaira, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. There is also an aquarium on site.[1]
It is open daily except Mondays. It was closed to start renovation work in September 2020 and reopened on April 20, 2021.[2]
History
The Itabashi Botanical Garden is a garden that utilizes the residual heat from the Itabashi Garbage Disposal Plant, and was opened in September 1994 after renovating the existing greenhouse botanical garden.[3] Around the same time as the opening, Itabashi Ward signed a "Joint Declaration of Friendship" with the government of Penang, Malaysia.[4] 2005 saw the introduction of a designated manager system, and a joint venture of Seibu Landscaping, Yokohama Hakkeijima, and Seibu Greenery Management was entrusted with the management of the facility.[5] Renovation work began in September 2020, was completed in April 2021, and the garden reopened on April 20, 2021.[2]
Overview
The terrestrial exhibits include a nipa palmmangrove forest, and a greenhouse with Southeast Asian plants that include species such as Dipterocarpaceae, orchids, and rhododendrons. An attached Malaysian coffee shop is open to the public as a rest area on weekdays.[6]
The aquarium inside the botanical garden is home to fish species from the deep sea, coral reefs, and Asian tropical rainforests. There are also giant freshwater stingrays on display.
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