Plants in Japan

Discover 26 places to experience unusual plants in Japan.

Okochi Sanso Gardens

Okochi Sanso Gardens

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

Nikkō Suginamiki, or the Cedar Avenue.

Cedar Avenue of Nikkō

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

In the summer

Kitagawa, Japan

Monet's Garden Marmottan

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Jizo statues at Zojoji Temple.

Garden of Unborn Children

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Shibazakura Park.

Ōzora-chō, Japan

Shibazakura Park

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Giant gorilla from 2017 festival.

Wara Art

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Kawazu cherry trees.

Kawazu Sakura Festival

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Cherry blossoms and tulips on display at the Kyoto Botanical Garden

Kyoto Botanical Garden

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Amanohashidate.

Miyazu-shi, Japan

Amanohashidate

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

A fukugi-lined road in Bise Village.

Bise Village

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

Tonomine Highlands.

Kamikawa-chō, Japan

Tonomine Highlands

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

Some of the LED gardens at Nabano No Sato.

Kuwana-shi, Japan

Nabana No Sato

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

The shrine at Kayashima Station

Neyagawa-shi, Japan

Kayashima Station

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

Graceful remnants of ancient cedar trunk

Uozu-shi, Japan

Buried Forest Museum

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Aokigahara Forest

Fujinomiya-shi, Japan

Aokigahara Forest

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Mohri Garden Pond

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.