Botanical Garden Spots in Okayama Area

  • Handayama Botanical Garden (Okayama City)
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    4.0
    47 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Houkain 3-1
    This botanical garden is located in the hilly area of Mt. Handa in Okayama City. Characterized by the 3,200 kinds of 150,000 plants (plum trees, cherry trees, Luoyang peonies, azaleas, roses, etc.) planned to bloom throughout the year in the 110,000 square meter garden, it was opened to see plants, for recreation and as a place of rest. Famous particularly as a cherry blossom viewing spot, approximately 800 Yoshino cherry blossoms are in full bloom from late March to early April, and you can enjoy flower viewing together with trees that are over 100 years old. In addition, it is known for the Ipponmatsu Kofun burial mound near the top of the garden that is a valuable cultural property.

    This is an easy place to visit from Okayama station by bus 77 from platform 13 for 150 yen. Bus journey is about 15-20 mins and its a short 5 min walk to the garden entrance. We did not take the...

  • Hiruzen Herb Garden 'HerBill'
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    4.5
    39 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Maniwashi Hiruzennishikayabe 1480-64
    The Hiruzen Herb Garden “HerBill” has around 10,000 lavender plants and approximately 200 different species of herbs, flowers and other plants. Visitors can enjoy the sight of seasonal flowers in bloom in the bracing air of a highland plateau. There is a restaurant and café serving dishes made with freshly-picked herbs and edible wild plants, and also a shop selling local specialty products. “HerBill” also has a workshop where visitors can try their hand at making floral wreaths, and in the summer visitors can enjoy picking their own lavender.

    Good spot to relax with a cup of tea and lavender soft serve. You can see all three picks of Hiruzen mountain from here. The garden is smaller than we expected but its pretty.

  • RSK Rose Garden
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
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    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Natsukawa 1592-1
    RSK Rose Garden is a botanical garden located along Prefectural Route 73 in Natsukawa, Kita Ward, in the city of Okayama. The main attraction is 15,000 rosebushes of 450 varieties that bloom from mid May to mid-June and from mid-October to late November, but visitors can also admire plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, peonies, and wildflowers that bloom over the course of the four seasons. There is a restaurant in the garden, Shogin-an, which serves soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat flour.

    広い園内に色とりどりの薔薇が満開に咲いています。ベンチが至る所にあり、ゆっくり眺めれました。暑い日でしたが、木陰で休んでいると、風と共に薔薇の香が漂って何とも言えない心地良さでした。

  • Keikaen
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    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Takebechoukawaguchi 1428-3
  • Shigei Medicinal Botanical Garden
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Asabara 20
  • Kibi no Mori Shokubutsuen
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    Okayama Kaga-gun Kibichuocho Shimogamo 1506-109

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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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