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Koishikawa Botanical Garden

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9% trees around it and 129 species recorded.

27Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km9%
  • wild within 10 km14%
  • species recorded129

The forest around

9% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 10%Built-up 90%Trees 9%Grassland 0%Water 1%Built-up 90%Trees 7%Grassland 1%Water 5%Cropland 0%Built-up 86%Trees 6%Grassland 2%Water 7%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 85%9%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km10%
  • 1–3 km9%
  • 3–6 km7%
  • 6–10 km6%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees9%
  • Grassland0%
  • Water1%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up90%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

129 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Glandular speedwell
Glandular speedwellVeronica cymbalaria11 recordsAriel Palmon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Corylopsis spicata
Corylopsis spicataCorylopsis spicata10 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Pleioblastus viridistriatusPleioblastus viridistriatus10 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. CavallBernat assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain
Caucasian Fir
Caucasian FirAbies nordmanniana7 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Narihira bamboo
Narihira bambooSemiarundinaria fastuosa5 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Jordi Coll Costa assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Taraxacum platycarpum
Taraxacum platycarpumTaraxacum platycarpum5 recordsDalgial · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dryopteris erythrosora
Dryopteris erythrosoraDryopteris erythrosora5 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carex japonica
Carex japonicaCarex japonica4 recordsKeisotyo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pleioblastus variegatus
Pleioblastus variegatusPleioblastus variegatus4 recordsLeonora (Ellie) Enking from East Preston, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0
Pink woodsorrel
Pink woodsorrelOxalis debilis3 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Ivyleaf speedwell
Ivyleaf speedwellVeronica hederifolia3 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Semiarundinaria kagamianaSemiarundinaria kagamiana10 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

27out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 9%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 14%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 129Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in April and in November.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan9°1°80 mm
  2. Feb10°1°75 mm
  3. Mar13°4°124 mm
  4. Apr18°9°135 mm
  5. May23°14°148 mm
  6. Jun26°18°185 mm
  7. Jul29°22°152 mm
  8. Aug30°23°134 mm
  9. Sep27°20°211 mm
  10. Oct22°14°246 mm
  11. Nov17°9°120 mm
  12. Dec11°3°83 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Koishikawa Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden

Koishikawa Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Japan.

Seen from space, 9% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 14% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

129 species have been recorded around it: 70 plants, 6 fungi, 53 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Glandular speedwell, Corylopsis spicata and Pleioblastus viridistriatus.

The best time to walk is in April and in November.

Koishikawa Botanical Gardens, Tokyo - pond
Daderot · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: Mo off; Tu-Su 09:00-16:30 · ticket requiredOfficial site
  • バーベキュー広場campsite · 8.7 km · 2 within 10 km
  • The AGNESplace to stay · 2.2 km · 1,215 within 10 km
  • Kōrakunearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
  • Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire at HND airport (Tokyo)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Koishikawa Botanical Garden seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 25marked trails within 5 km中山道, ふるさと文化の散歩道, 歴史と文化の散歩道-1-お堀端コース and 22 more
  • 155named and notable trees within 6 km本郷弓町のクスノキ, 箒銀杏, ソメイヨシノ and 152 more
  • 43picnic sites within 4 km
  • 86shelters and huts within 6 km無料休憩所 and 85 more
  • 73viewpoints within 5 kmSky Circus, 小廬山, 東京都庁展望室 北 and 70 more
  • 46visitor centres within 6 kmYanesen tourist information and culture centre, 池之端門案内所, 本と街の案内所 and 43 more
  • 2,710car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmバーベキュー広場, キャンプ広場
  • 1,215places to stay within 10 kmThe AGNES, ホテルマイステイズ, Hotel APA and 1,212 more
  • 3,718restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Koishikawa Botanical Garden.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas5 mountains within 25 km
Dōkanyama2.3 kmMount Hakone45 m · 3.4 kmMount Atago26 m · 6.1 kmGoten-yama11 kmMount Sengen80 m · 22 km
Islandyasthe island
Honshu230,426 km²
Viewyas9 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Big O1.6 kmTokyo Skytree Tembo Deck352 m · 6.0 kmTokyo Tower6.7 kmSHIBUYA SKY7.8 kmTakanawa Fire Station Nihon-enoki Branch Office9.3 kmDaikanransha11 kmTower Hall Funabori12 kmDiamond and Flower Ferris Wheel13 km
Birdyas4 birding sites within 25 km
Kasai Marine Park218 species · 14 kmTokyo Wild Bird Park178 species · 15 kmIchikawa Yachō no Rakuen157 species · 17 kmYatsu-higata193 species · 24 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Shinjuku Niagara Falls6.0 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Koishikawa Botanical Gardens - sakura - march31-2015
Nesnad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sunbeams streaming through leaves in the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens PC120037
Soseipapa · CC0
Koishikawa Botanical Gardens, Tokyo - gathering
Daderot · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Koishikawa Botanical Garden

Japan

  • 27Forestyas Score
  • 9%Trees
  • 14%Wild
  • 129Species

Aokigahara

Japan · 104 km

  • 90Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 371Species

See the guide

Shinjuku Gyoen

Japan · 5 km

  • 32Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 12%Wild
  • 203Species

See the guide

Miho no Matsubara

Japan · 137 km

  • 42Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 162Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1064892) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,120 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here