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Kasuga Taisha Shrine Garden - Manyo Botanical Garden

The manyo botanical garden with the longest history in Japan. Around 300 species of plants appearing in the Man-yo-shu (Japan's oldest collection of poems) are grown here, and each representative poem is written next to the plant with which it coincides. With an area of 30,000 hectares, within the botanical garden there is the “Fuji-no-sono” garden, with over 200 wisteria plants, the symbol of Kasuga Taisha Shrine, of around 20 different varieties. There is also the "Tsubaki-en" garden and the "Hana-shobu-en" garden where one can observe many precious seasonal plants of ancient times.

Address:

160 Kasuganocho, Nara

Access:

10 minutes by bus from JR Nara station
6 minutes by bus from Kintetsu Nara station
Near the Kasugataisha-honden bus stop
12 minutes by bus from JR Nara station
5 minutes by bus from Kintetsu Nara station
10 minute walk from the Kasugataisha-omotesando bus stop