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name: "Hiroshima Botanical Garden"
lat: 34.3688
lng: 132.3697
official_url: "http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/"
fee: "Adults (18 and over) ¥510, high-school-age ¥170. Primary and junior-high pupils are free, and so are pre-school children. Visitors 65 and over pay ¥170 on showing a public ID. Groups pay ¥430 / ¥130. The annual pass runs a year from the day you buy it and also covers Asa Zoological Park and the Forest Park Insectarium, though parking is charged each time. Parking is ¥450 for a standard car and ¥1,400 for a large one. Admission can be paid by PayPay, credit card or Koi Pay. If you are only visiting the shop or flower shop and not the garden, neither admission nor parking is charged"
last_verified: "2026-08-14"
---

# Hiroshima Botanical Garden

The garden covers 18.3 hectares on high ground between central Hiroshima and Miyajima, growing about 10,000 plant varieties. Its great greenhouse rises 21 meters and holds bananas, cocoa and an Australian baobab said to be Japan's largest. Begonias fill one house, among the largest such displays in western Japan. The rose garden keeps Japan's largest old rose collection. Two lawns have play equipment, and in summer a water-play area doubles as watering for the grass.

- Area: hiroshima
- Type: sightseeing
- Average stay: 180 min
- Hours: 9:00-16:30, entry until 16:00. Closed Fridays (open when the Friday is a public holiday) and 29 December-3 January. Hours are extended on evening-opening days, which usually fall in late March to early April, September and December
- Last verified: 2026-08-14

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroller friendly | Yes | Ten strollers are lent free, for children 7 months up to 2 years. First come, first served — no reservations; ask at the ticket window. Wheelchairs are lent free too (12, three of them powered), and a six-seat electric cart called 'Ma-chan-go' runs free between the multi-storey car park and the entrance gate, though it can stop running at short notice. Bicycles are not allowed inside; a tricycle is, if it has a push handle at the back so a parent can steer it | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/qanda/) |
| Nursing space | Yes (1) | One baby room, next to the flower shop just inside the entrance gate. Ask at the ticket window to use it. The first-aid room is in the same place. Hot water: not stated | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/qanda/) |
| Diaper changing table | Yes | Changing tables in the toilets around the garden — the multi-storey car park, beside the flower shop, the exhibition hall and below the Forest Restaurant among others — as well as in the baby room | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/qanda/) |
| Family restroom | Yes (6) | Six wheelchair-accessible toilets: the multi-storey car park, beside the flower shop, the exhibition hall, the Forest Cafe, below the Forest Restaurant, and the tropical water-lily greenhouse | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/qanda/) |
| Outside food allowed | Yes | You can bring a packed lunch (take your rubbish home). On a wet day the garden points you to the area below the Forest Restaurant or the big tent in front of the great greenhouse — no reserving spots. Small pop-up or tarp tents that just sit on the ground are allowed in two places, the Event Lawn and the Grass Lawn. There is also the Forest Restaurant and the Forest Cafe inside. No barbecues — open flames are banned | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/qanda/) |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Elevator | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| English support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Indoor / outdoor | Not checked yet |  |  |  |