Himi Seaside Botanical Garden
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The is a botanical garden
located at 3583 Banchi, Tanagida, Himi, Toyama
, Japan
. It is open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.
The garden opened in 1996 beside Matsudae-no-Nagahama, a seaside promenade along a beach of white sands and green pines mentioned in the Man'yōshū. It is set within a striking building designed by architect Itsuko Hasegawa
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The garden specializes in seaside plants, and features a greenhouse
with water tank of mangrove
s, tropical and subtropical plants, climbing plants, seaside plants from various places in Japan, and an insect
exhibit.
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...
located at 3583 Banchi, Tanagida, Himi, Toyama
Himi, Toyama
is a city located in Toyama, Japan.As of June 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 52,721, with 17,331 households and the population density of 228.80 persons per km². The total area is 230.47 km².The city was founded on August 1, 1952....
, 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 daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.
The garden opened in 1996 beside Matsudae-no-Nagahama, a seaside promenade along a beach of white sands and green pines mentioned in the Man'yōshū. It is set within a striking building designed by architect Itsuko Hasegawa
Itsuko Hasegawa
is a noted Japanese architect.-Biography:Hasegawa was born in Shizuoka, received her degree in architecture from Kanto Gakuin University , trained with Kiyonori Kikutake. In 1969, Hasegawa entered Kazuo Shinohara’s lab at the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a graduate student...
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The garden specializes in seaside plants, and features a greenhouse
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...
with water tank of mangrove
Mangrove
Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...
s, tropical and subtropical plants, climbing plants, seaside plants from various places in Japan, and an insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
exhibit.