Tokyo Metropolitan Medicinal Plants Garden

What it is

• A research institution established in 1946.
• Cultivates medicinal plants and herbs.
• Part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health.
• Managed by the Tokyo Crude Drugs Association.

What to see

• Approximately 750 types of cultivated plants.
• Research cultivation of poppies and cannabis.
• A garden covering 31,398 square meters.
• The garden's elevation is 85 meters.

Getting there

• Accessible from Higashi-Yamato-shi Station.
• Station is on the Seibu Haijima Line.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.