Fuji Bamboo Garden

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The Fuji Bamboo Garden (富士竹類植物園) 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.

[edit] References

• Fuji Bamboo Garden (Japanese)
• BGCI entry
• Shizuoka Guide entry
• Reports of the Fuji Bamboo Garden

[edit] See also

• List of botanical gardens in Japan