Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands

Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands

Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands
Type Public
Location Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
Coordinates 35°15′58.23″N 139°00′25.48″E / 35.2661750°N 139.0070778°E / 35.2661750; 139.0070778
Created 1976
Operated by Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

The Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands (箱根湿生花園 Hakone Shisseikaen) is a botanical garden located within the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park at 817 Sengokuhara, Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was founded in 1976, and now contains some 1700 plant varieties, including about 200 types of woody and herbaceous wetland plants from Japan, as well as 1300 varieties (120 species) of alpine plants. Collections include Habenaria, Hemerocallis, Iris, Lilium, Lysichitum, and Primula, plus deciduous trees such as Acer, Cornus, and Quercus.

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