Makino Memorial Garden & Museum — Attraction in Tokyo

牧野記念庭園 記念館 Makino Tomitarō Memorial Garden & Museum Makino Tomitarō 1862-1957 "Father of Japanese Botany" Dr. Makino was a dedicated collector and cataloger of the plants of Japan. He was a skilled illustrator and observer. In addition to the gardens and the small museum, the botanist's library/study is preserved. The museum displays the posthumously awarded Order of Culture & Order of the Rising Sun Second Class. There is a small information center with some postcards of Dr. Makino's illustrations. The 2023 NHK drama "Ranman" is a fictional presentation of the famous scientist. Dr. Makino is represented on the 国立科学博物館 National Museum of Nature and Science wall of 24 Japanese Scientists. There is a monument on the banks of the Edo River in Koiwa, Edogawa Ward celebrating Dr. Makino's discovery of the carnivorous plant, 貉藻 (mujinamo) Aldrovanda vesiculosa here in 1890. Since then, the plant has become nearly extinct due to flooding, habitat loss and pollution. The plant is still cultivated by hobbyists. Attempts to reintroduce the plant, which feeds on water fleas, have been thwarted by herbivorous fish. There are many plants bearing the botanist's name in the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens in Hakusan,...

It's a small garden filled with regularly known plants and trees to some rare and unknown ones. I wouldn't say this is a must see garden but if you happen to be passing near Gakugeidaifuzoku or living in the neighborhood, I'd recommend you to visit in the morning when the air is crisp and fresh. There're more than thirty beautiful, original sketches of Japanese wild plants and trees in the tiny museum of the...

I had no idea this place existed til I chanced to find it on maps. It's a small but free garden with an amazing variety of plants and a small gallery commemorating Tomitaro Makino, the 'father of Japanese botany', who lived here in his later years. It's well worth spending some time here, though one wishes they could expand and take over the driving school behind...