Kyoto Botanical Garden

The Kyoto Botanical Garden (京都府立植物園, Kyōto Furitsu Shokubutsuen, 240,000 m²), also known as the Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden, is a major botanical garden with conservatory located next to the Kamo River, Hangi-cho Simogamo, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

When World War II ended, the garden was designated a garrison by Occupation forces and was seized in 1946.

The garden also contains a very substantial conservatory complex (4,694 m2) containing about 25,000 specimens representing 4,500 species.

It is a set of rooms shaped to resemble the nearby Kinkaku-ji Temple and Kyoto's northern mountains, built of glass with iron frames, and opened in 1992.

The garden is located in northern part of Kyoto city and accessible by public transports.

Kyoto Botanical Garden