Atagawa Tropical And Alligator Garden

Overview

The “Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden” is situated in Atagawa Onsen in Higashiizu-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture.

It consists of three areas: the “Alligator Garden”, “Botanical Garden” and the “Annex Garden”. (The site area: 33,000 m²)

You can see many rare animals beside the No.1 collection of alligators in the world and 5000 tropical plants.

About 17 different kinds of 140 alligators, western lesser pandas, and Amazonian manatees are breed here.

Highlights

In the “Alligator Garden”, there is a spot that allows visitors to see the crocodile’s ecology from under the glass ceiling.
It is very interesting to observe their bodies up side down.
In addition to the alligators, there are Cacatua moluccensis that is good at mimic and large size of tropical fish Colossoma are displayed.

In the “Botanical Garden”, tropical plants such as Bougainvillea, Hibiscus, Cattleya, Jade Vine, Bromelia, progenitor orchid and Victoria Amazonica are cultivated and exhibited in eight greenhouses.
They are grown by taking advantage of heat from the Atagawa Onsen.
9000 species of tropical plants, including flowers, trees and fruit trees are grown.
Especially spectacular are the tropical water lilies, which you can usually see about 60 kinds of.
You can also enjoy seeing a rare Amazon manatee, of which only three are housed in the world.

The “Annex Garden” is about 500m away from the main garden, and a free shuttle bus will take you there any time. (It takes 2-3 minutes)
You can see fruit trees, such as bananas, papayas, guavas, and the very mysterious miracle fruits are displayed.
You can also see western lesser pandas (red pandas), which are the only ones being raised in Japan, as well as 2 to 3 meter long crocodiles, aldabra giant tortoises and alligator turtles.

Facility information

Telephone
0557-23-1105
Opening Hours
8:30 ~ 17:00 (Last Entrance 16:30)
Address
1253-10 Naramoto, Kamogun Higashiizucho, Shizuoka
Transportation
1 minute away from Izu Atagawa station of Izu line
Charge
Adults: 1800 yen
Child (4 years old ~ Junior high school students): 900 yen
4 years old and Yonger: Free

※ Pets: Not allowed
Parking
150 vehicles
Website
http://bananawani.jp/

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