Tokyo University of Agriculture Botanical Garden

Atsugi, Japan, Japan

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The Tokyo University of Agriculture Botanical Garden (Tōkyō Nōgyō Daigaku Shokubutsuen) is a botanical garden operated by the Tokyo University of Agriculture, located at 1737 Funako in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and was established in 1967 on low hill terrain as part of the university's Atsugi Campus where the Faculty of Agriculture is situated.

The garden cultivates approximately 1,500 species of useful plants with notable collections including Cactaceae and other succulents (such as Agave, Euphorbia, Kalanchoe, Stapelia, and Sansevieria), Iris, Lilium, Paeonia, Rosa, Syringa, as well as flora from Asia, the Far East, Kazakhstan, Europe, the Americas, medicinal plants, and conifers like Podocarpus.

In addition to cultivated species, 310 species of wild plants grow naturally in the garden, making it both an educational facility for agricultural plant and animal production and a place where diverse plants and animals can be observed. The entire Atsugi Campus is registered as a botanical garden and features diverse agricultural facilities, cutting-edge research and educational facilities, experimental gardens, and greenhouses, with numerous research animals of many species raised on campus for educational and research needs in the Faculty of Agriculture.