Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome
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The Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome (夢の島熱帯植物館), also sometimes called the Yumenoshima Tropical Plant Dome, is a botanical garden located at 3-2, Yumenoshima, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association and open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged.
The greenhouse was established in 1988 in Yumenoshima Koen (Dream Island Park), a reclaimed landfill and dumping ground in Tokyo Bay. Its three domes currently contain about 1,000 species of tropical and semitropical plants. The A Dome features rain forest with ferns and waterfall, B Dome represents a tropical village, and C Dome contains vegetation of the Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島). There is also a small carnivorous plant room.
The domes' plant collections include palms, orchids, aquatics, Pandanus, Hevea brasiliensis, Samanea saman, Barringtonia racemosa, Satakentia liukiuensis, Cyathea lepifera, C. mertensiana, C. spinulosa, and Dicksonia antarctica.
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- Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome (Japanese)
- Accessible Tokyo description
- Japan Visitor blog
- BGCI entry
