Fuji Bamboo Garden
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The is a botanical garden
specializing in bamboo
, located at 885 Minami-Isshiki, Nagaizumi, Shizuoka
, at the base of Mount Fuji
, southwest of Tokyo
in Japan
. It is open to the public daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was founded in 1955, and current contains roughly 100,000 bamboo plants, classified into about 450 varieties from around the world. It describes itself as the world's largest bamboo collection, and also contains a museum for bamboo crafts such as instruments, baskets, and furniture.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
specializing in bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
, located at 885 Minami-Isshiki, Nagaizumi, Shizuoka
Nagaizumi, Shizuoka
is a town located in Suntō District, Shizuoka, Japan. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 39,865 and a density of 1,500 persons per km². The total area is 26.51 km².-Geography:...
, at the base of Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji
is the highest mountain in Japan at . An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and...
, southwest of Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is open to the public daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was founded in 1955, and current contains roughly 100,000 bamboo plants, classified into about 450 varieties from around the world. It describes itself as the world's largest bamboo collection, and also contains a museum for bamboo crafts such as instruments, baskets, and furniture.