Feel free to use the commemorative stamp●Visitorʼs Guide to Outdoor park
Hours/holidays ●Available for use 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
*There may be restrictions on the scope of use due
to events, etc.

A story that begins with greenery.

Admission fee
Free of charge●Visitorʼs Guide to Greenhouse
Hours ●9:30 am to 4:30 pm (last admission 4 pm)
Closed●Tuesdays (the following day if Tuesday falls on a nationalholiday) & New Year holidays*Exhibitions are subject to temporary closure

Admission
Single Groups Ticket book Season pass Season pass
entry of 20+ (5 tickets) (6-month) (12-months )Adult600yenSilver (age 65+) 500yentsu
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Niitsu Interchangesuda
To Ya hangeIntercatae
To Niig Interchang
CentralHanatoiseki-noFurusato Park

Niigata Prefectural ArchaeologicalResearch Center●
Niitsu Art Museum●
Yayoi Hills Pavilion●
Niitsu Flower Land●

Uetsu
Main Line
Shinetsu
Main Line

ChinoyamaInterchange
To Niigata

Niigata Prefectural
Botanical Garden

East Exit

NiitsuOjika

PCity bus stop :Art Museum &Botanical Garden
Niigata Kotsu bus stop :Art Museum

To KamoFurutsu

Yashiroda

KodaTransport access *Free parking (300-car capacity)

Expressway : 15 minutes from Niitsu IC on the Ban-etsu Expressway along National
Route 403 toward Sanjo/Kamo
Public roads (from Niigata area) : About 20 minutes from Chinoyama IC on
National Route 49, along National Route 403
JR : About 25 minutes on foot from Furutsu Station, Shinetsu Line
City bus : From East Exit of Niitsu Station, take the Niitsu Station West Exit bus, get
off at "Art Museum/Botanical Garden" stop and walk 1 minute
Niigata Kotsu bus : From East Exit of Niitsu Station, take the “Shirane/Katahigashi SalesOffice” via Yashiroda” bus
About 10 minutes on foot from the “Niitsu Art Museum” stop

Niigata Prefectural Botanical Garden
Japan 956-0845
186-banchi,Kanazu,Akiha-ku,Niigata-ken Tel:0250-24-6465 Fax:0250-24-6410
botanical@greenery-niigata.or.jp http://botanical.greenery-niigata.or.jp/
Designated Manager : Kokusai Sogo Gakuen, Urban Greenery Flower Center Group

Printed withplant-based ink

October 2023

High school /college student

480yen 2,500yen
1,200yen 2,000 yen

300yen 300yen

Elementary /junior high school 100yen 100yenstudent

Niigata Prefectural Botanical Garden opened in December
1998. This expansive garden, 19.8 hectares in area, is home tomore than 100,000 plants of brilliant color in all four seasons,and is a popular spot for the prefectureʼs residents to relax.
Akiha Ward, Niigata City, in which the Botanical Garden is located, isone of Japanʼs most renowned production areas for potted trees andshrubs. Niigata Prefecture also boasts a rich natural environment withapproximately 3,000 native plant species.
Taking advantage of these attributes, the garden has developed thefollowing areas of business.

●Providing a relaxing place to enjoy flowers and greenery
Planting of flowers and plants suitable for Niigata's climate
Planting of herbs and other plants that can be used in daily life
●Planting of cherry trees, hydrangeas, dahlias, and other plantsthat allow you to feel the four seasons●●●Plant collection and conservation activities
Collection of azalea plants and endangered plants
Plant conservation activities inside and outside the park●

●Elementaryand junior high school students admitted free on
weekends and public holidays●To gain Silver admission, please present ID proving your date of birth●High school and college students must present student ID to enter●Holders of a physical disability certificate, mental health and welfare
certificate, or rehabilitation certificate admitted free of charge(depending on level, one caregiver may also be admitted free ofcharge)●Children and students admitted free of charge for educational
activities for elementary or junior high schools in Niigata Prefecture●When used for events by childcare centers and other groups inNiigata Prefecture, group leaders are admitted free of charge●When used for educational activities by elementary, junior high, orhigh schools, group leaders are admitted free of charge

RequestPlease do not allow animals, such as pets, to enter the garden.
Riding of bicycles and motorcycles is prohibited.
Please take all your trash and empty cans away.
Use of fire, such as bonfires or fireworks, is prohibited.
Smoking is not permitted on the botanical garden grounds.
No plants or animals may be collected.

●●Spreading the word and raising awareness about plants
Holding "flower and greenery classes" where participants canlearn about plants and their charms●Special exhibitions on horticulture and botany●Support for educational activities at schools, etc.
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●Research and survey
Flowering and fruiting surveys and tests of plants in the park andin the tropical dome
●Research on azalea plants●Research on the history of horticulture in Niigata Prefecture●Research on urban greening●Various surveys and research on plants other than the above●Niigata Prefectural
Botanical Garden

Outdoor park
information

Ranging from 4 to 6 meters inheight, 150 rhododendrons inabout 30 varieties bloom
magnificently here.

Rhododendron Garden

Cultivation Facility(not open to public)

Siebold Garden

Best time to visit：Early to mid-May

Enjoy more than 1,000 peony
plants in 150 varieties from thecollection of the late Kazuei
Egawa, one of Japan’s leading
experts in peony cultivation andvariety appraisal.

This room holds special exhibitions
introducing the fascination of plants fromvarious perspectives, such as Niigata
Prefecture's horticulture, industry, history,and botany.
The underwater garden displays water
plants from Japan and around the world

Best time to visit：Late April to mid-May

Azumaya Gazebo

Ishigaki Exhibition Garden

Peony Conservation Garden(Under maintenance)

Room 2 Flower and Greenery Stage

Rhododendron Garden

Herb Garden

Niigata Nature Garden

Best time to visit：April-June (flowers,fresh greenery),
September-November(fruits,autumn foliage)

Azumaya Gazebo

Greenhouse

Pond

Peony Conservation Garden

Niigata Nature Garden

Camellia Garden
Flower & Greenery Information Center
Waterside Flower Garden

Cherry Blossom Hill

Parking spaces for
those with disabilities

AzumayaGazeboAzalea Garden

Entrance Square

Waterside Flower Garden
Best time to visit：July-September

Wetland plants flourish here,
including endangered species
such as prickly water lilies andpickerelweed.

Camellia Garden

One of Japan’s largest domes, 30 meters
high and 42 meters in diameter, is home
to a diverse array of about 4,000 plantsof 550 species. Enjoy the fascinatingcolors, sizes, and fragrances of tropicalplants in all their diversity.

Perennial Flower Bed Best time to visit：April-OctoberHome to about 200 types of flowering trees andperennials well suited to the climate of Niigata. Thisflower bed changes expressions with the turning of theseasons.

Best time to visit：November-April
More than 500 camellia trees
grow here, including bothhorticultural and wild species.

Flower & Greenery
Information Center

Rhododendron 'William Austin' Japanese cherry 'Matsumae cherry'

Rhododendron ‘William Austin’ Cerasus serrulata ‘Matsumae’(rhododendron garden)(Sakuranoyama)

Greenhouse

Among the world's largest azalea
collection held by the garden, therhododendron kaempferi and otherazaleas are planted according toclassification and region of origin.

Tsurugi-no-mai Hydrangea Water Lily

Hydrangea serrata ʻTsurugi-no-maiʼ Nymphaea cv.
(Perennial Flower Bed)
(Pond)

Room 3 Flower and Greenery Atrium

Exit
Entrance

Visitors’routeinformation

Best time to visit：April-June

Parking available for visitors withdisabilities (4 spaces).

Oyako Botanical Garden

Elevator
Free admission area

Azalea Garden

Home to flower and greenery
consultation corner, book corner,training room, and the manager’s
office.

Elevator

Room 1 Tropical Plant Dome

Perennial Flower Bed
Parking spaces for
those with disabilities

Aquatic Garden

Showcasing the rare and colorfully unique flora ofNiigata Prefecture.

Edoshibori Japanese Clover The Giant Autumn Crocus
Lespedeza ʻEdoshiboriʼ(Perennial Flower Bed)

Colchicum ʻThe Giantʼ(Perennial Flower Bed)

Jade VineStrongylodon macrobotrys

Chenille Plant

Acalypha hispida

Sausage Tree

Hanging Lobster Claw

Kigelia pinnata

Heliconia rostrata

Exhibitions of works by groups and otherorganizations engaged in flower andgreenery-related activities, as well asreports on research and sur veys
conducted by the park are held here.
At the Oyako Botanical Garden, parents
and children can experience a variety ofprograms based on the concept oflearning and having fun together.

Hi Duong Camellia

Camellia amplexicaulis

Fall/
Winter

SeptemberFebruary

SpringFall/
WinterSummerMarch-May

SpringSeptemberFebruaryJune-August

SummerMarch-May

June-AugustYearround

Gardens
Mukdenia acanthifolia

Arrowwood

Mukdenia acanthifolia
Viburnum carlesii(stone wall greening sample garden)

Kousa dogwood

Summer & Summer Crape Myrtle

Cornus kousa
Lagerstroemia ʻSummer & Summerʼ
(inside the rhododendron garden) (Perennial Flower Bed)

Charity Mahonia

Mahonia ×media ʻCharityʼ(Entrance Square)

Horticultural varieties of sasanqua
Camellia cv(inside the camellia garden)

Tropical Plant DomeMickey Mouse Plant
Ochna serrulata

Laetum Rhododendron
Rhododendron laetum

Santa Cruz Water LilyVictoria cruziana

Blue Ginger

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

BananaMusa acuminata

Tropical Pitcher Plant
Nepenthes spp.

Calabash Tree

Crescentia cujete