Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands
2016/04/04
Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands is home to 200 types of wetland plants, and as many as 1700 if including grassland, forest, highlands, and foreign plants. Different flowers bloom from the garden’s opening each year at the March till November.
Wooden plank walkways were a standard for wetland gardens. They brought out a certain beauty from the scenery, turning an ordinary walk into an adventure. Could be just me.
Featured plants had explanation boards. Two such plants were Lysichiton camtschatcensis (or white skunk cabbage), and daylily.
Daylilies bloom in June, but white skunk cabbages were in full bloom. Apparently there were 10,000 of these in the garden.
And here were everything else I spotted.
There was a small exhibition room near the entrance with plenty of information panels and a TV introducing the various seasonal flowers.
I love botanical gardens, so naturally I enjoyed this. The surrounding mountains made for beautiful sceneries, and that was a wonderful aspect of Hakone. Great for a leisurely stroll.
By Desheng.
Information
| Name | Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands |
|---|---|
| Location | Sengokuhara, Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture 250-0631 |
| Contact | 0460-84-7293 |
| Opening hours | 9AM to 5PM ( last entrance 4:30PM )
Closed from Dec 1 to Mar 19 every year. |
| Price |
Adult : 700Jpy Children, 6 to 12 : 400Jpy | Access | From Odawara :
From Odawara station(JR and Odakyu Line), board bus from line 4 bound for “Togendai” and alight at “Sengoku-annaisho”. Walk 8 minutes. From Hakone: From Gora station, take Hakone-tozan bus bound for “Hakone Shissei Kaen” and alight at the last stop. |
| Homepage | http://hakonekanko.com/english/ |
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* This article was written by a trainee from overseas. Please note that there might be spelling and grammar mistakes.
