Osaka Public University Botanical Garden
Approximately 5,000 species and 30,000 plants in the collection (as of March 2021)
You can enjoy the changing scenery of the seasons, with cherry blossoms in spring, rose of sharon and hibiscus in summer, bush clover and osmanthus in autumn, and camellias and plum blossoms in winter.
The garden was established in 1950 as a research facility attached to the Faculty of Science and Technology at Osaka City University, and has since endeavored to collect and preserve many plants as the subject of basic botanical research. In particular, the garden has focused on collecting trees native to Japan, planting over 300 species that can grow outdoors and restoring 11 representative forest types in Japan. The garden is also restoring Neogene forests, typified by metasequoia. Many of these forest types were once found in Osaka. By observing the long-term development of these restored forests, the garden aims to empirically elucidate the relationship between environmental change and vegetation.
Basic information
- Parking Available
- Business hours
- 9:30-16:30 (entry until 16:00)
- Holidays
- Every Monday (open on public holidays), New Year's holidays (12/28-1/4)
- Price
- Adults: 350 yen, junior high school students and younger: free
Groups (30 or more): Adults: 280 yen (advance application required)
- Access
- 6 minutes walk from Kisaichi Station on the Keihan Katano Line, 20 minutes walk from Kawachi Iwafune Station on the JR Gakkentoshi Line
- Address
- 2000 Kisaichi, Katano City, Osaka Prefecture, 576-0004
- Telephone
- 072-891-2059
- Fax
- 072-891-2101
