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Glasshouse（Admission is free of charge）Opening hours

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9：00a.m.~5：00p.m.Closed on Tuesdays (except national holidays)

Bicycle Rentals in AoshimaAvailable hours

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9：00a.m.~5：00p.m.Rentals are 500 yen for the day※Bicycles are limited in number.

Palo Borracho CaféOpening hours

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9：00a.m.~5：00p.m.　　　　　 （order closes at 4：30 p.m.）Closed on Tuesdays (except national holidays)

Study room ※Need to apply470yen per hour (540yen if using the A/C)

宮交ボタニックガーデン青島

Miyakoh Botanic Garden Aoshima runs a hands-on learning program for children to learn from observing and touching plants. Participants will learn valuable life lessons from nature and local communities while having fun in the garden and the surrounding sea, sky, and plants. Please come to the administrative office if you are interested in our class offerings.

Miyazaki Prefectural Aoshima Subtropical Botanic Garden

ENGLISHOpening hours ▲

8：30a.m.~5：00p.m.(open all year round)Admission ▲ free of charge※Four wheelchairs areavailablefor loan free of charge

KIRISHIMA YAMAZAKURAMiyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park

Tropical road

Aoshima

Aoshima port

Aoshima beachKodomo-no-kuni

↓Horikiri touge

Miyazaki city↑

Miyakoh Botanic Garden Aoshima Aoshima Sta.

Kodomo no kuni Sta.

Sosanji Sta.

Undokoen Sta.

Oryuzako Sta.

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Designated Administrator　Miyazaki Parks Association

Miyakoh Botanic Garden Aoshima2-12-1 Aoshima, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture 　Tel：0985-65-1042　Fax：0985-55-4803

E-mail aoshima@mppf.or.jp　http://mppf.or.jp/aoshima/

By bus… 25 minutes on an Aoshima/Nichinan-bound bus from Miyakoh City; get off at the Aoshima bus stop

By rail… 30 minutes on the Nichinan Line from Miyazaki Station; get off at Aoshima Station and walk 10 minutes

ToiletMultifunctional toiletBaby cribBicycle Rental

Palo Borracho CafeAEDInformation officeWi-Fi spot

The Miyakoh Botanic Garden Aoshima has conducted tests and research on acclimatizing subtropical plant seeds and seedlings that were donated from Brazil and Argentine, contributing to shaping the image of Tropical Miyazaki. The Garden also signed a Sister Garden Agreement with the prestigious Singapore Botanic Garden in October, 1965 and has strived to deepen mutual understanding. Please make yourself at home and bask in the Garden’s tropical atmosphere.

GlasshouseTropical flowers are in bloom at any time of the year, including bougenvillea, plumeria, and royal poinciana.

Flower mountainThe roundabout welcomes visitors all year round with seasonal flowers. The Bougain Mountain in spring is especially well-received.

Main gateThe design of the main gate is derived from images of Miyazaki Prefecture and the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Miyazaki’s sister garden.

“Kizuna-no-ki”Before earning the public title of “Kizuna-no-Ki” in 2007, these two entwined Japanese fig trees have been fondly called by locals a “Japanese sea fig couple.”

Welcome to Miyakoh Botanic Garden Aoshima!

Glasshouse

Administration building

Wood deck

Learning building

Subtropical fruit tree

Staff only

Tropical fruit glasshouse

Event square

Flower spot

Chorisia speciosa(Palo borracho)

Lawn ground

Flower mountain

Queen palm

Banyan tree

Stone monument of poem[Touta Kaneko]

Palm collection

Chinese fan palm

“Kizuna-no-ki”

Stone monument of poem [Takashi Nagatsuka]

Gazebo

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Tropical fruit glasshouseVarious tropical fruit trees are on display, ranging from bananas to candle trees and false mangosteens.

The world top 3 flowering trees The world top 3 flowering trees「Jacaranda」 「Jacaranda」

The world top 3 flowering trees「Jacaranda」

The beginning of Touta Kaneko’s haiku career dates back to 1937 when he was invited to a haiku gathering hosted by an eminent haiku poet, Santa Dezawa. The featured poem was composed during the Kyushu Regional Contemporary Haiku Contest held in Miyazaki City in October 2003 in the theme of Aoshima.

Takashi Nagatsuka is a poet who apprenticed under famed haiku poet Masaoka Shiki at the age of 21, and pioneered peasant literature. The engraved monument features a tanka poem that he composed during his 1914 trip to Aoshima.

Touta Kaneko

Takashi Nagatsuka

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Main gate Main gate

Aoshima Sandou moll

Aoshima Sandou moll

Aoshima Sandou Minami Hiroba Aoshima Sandou Minami Hiroba Aoshima Sandou Minami Hiroba

Main gate

West gate West gate West gate

South gate South gate South gate

Aoshima Sandou mall

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Miyakoh Botanic Garden Aoshima 『Learning programs』

1965●

The Aoshima Subtropical B

otanic Garden and the Singapore B

otanic G

ardens sign Sister Garden agreem

ent.

1966●

The Aoshima Subtropical B

otanical Garden sends technicians to the

Singapore Botanic Gardens for one year.

1967●

Director H

.M. B

urkill of the Singapore Botanic G

ardens donates Vanda, D

endrobium, Paphiopedilum

, and Cassia fistula on his visit to the Aoshima

Subtropical Botanic Garden.

1968●

The Singapore Botanic G

ardens donates seeds of Cinnamom

um verum

, D

illenia in

dica, G

arcinia d

ulcis, an

d Delo

nix regia to th

e Ao

shim

a Subtropical Botanic G

arden.

1970●

The Singapore Pavilion from Expo ’70 held in O

saka finds a home in the

Aoshima Subtropical B

otanic Garden. It gets dem

olished in 1994 due to heavy dam

age incurred by the typhoon.

1971●

Miyazaki P

refecture donates seeds and seedlings of Cycas revoluta

Bougainvillea, and later receives 32 varieties of B

ougainvillea from the

Singapore Botanic Gardens in return.

1972●

The Vice director of the Singapore Botanic G

ardens visits the Aoshima

Subtropical Botanic Garden and donates D

endrobium M

ichiko.

1969●

Director H

.M. Burkill of the Singapore Botanic G

ardens and his wife visit the

Aoshima Subtropical B

otanic Garden and donate over 30 species totaling

83 plants, in

cluding C

ocos nucifer, Ixora, P

lumeria, H

eliconia, and

Codiaeum variegatum

.

2007●

Delegates of the M

iyazaki Parks Association, the managing group of the

Aoshima Subtropical Botanic G

arden, visit the Singapore Botanic Gardens

and receive cuttings of 17 bougainvillea species.●

Delegates of the ASEAN

-Japan Friendship Association for the 21st Century, Singapore visit the G

overnor of Miyazaki Prefecture and donates tw

o orchids nam

ed after the Japanese emperor and em

press, Renantanda Akihito and D

endrobium M

ichiko.

●D

elegates of the Miyazaki Parks Association visit the Singapore B

otanic G

ardens and receive cuttings of 31 Bougainvillea species.2010

●Com

mem

orating the 50th anniversary of the sister garden agreement,

delegates from M

iyazaki Prefecture visits the Singapore Botanic G

ardens and receive Papilionanthe M

iss Joaquim, Phoenix, the national flow

er of Singapore. M

iyazaki Prefecture, in return, presents Phoenix and Crinum,

Miyazaki’s representative tree and flow

er, to the Singapore Botanic Garden.

2015

●The Aoshim

a Subtropical Botanic Garden reopens after renovation.

　A M

erlion statue approved by the Singapore Tourism Board is erected in the

glasshouse in comm

emoration of the 50th anniversary of the Sister G

arden agreem

ent with the Singap

ore Botanic G

ardens. The director of the Singapore B

otanic Gardens com

es to the opening ceremony and gives a

comm

emorative lecture.

2016

Complete w

ith a wide range of plants from

groundcovers to large flow

ering trees, the G

lasshouse offers a “tropical flow

er garden” all year round. Filled w

ith approximately 1,600 plants in a

20-meter by 20-m

eter area. The ceiling reaches 14 m

eters for the flowers and trees

to grow tall enough, allow

ing visitors to observe the flow

ers up close and look d

own th

e colo

rful scenery fro

m th

e corridor on the 2nd floor. Tw

o of the world’s top3 flow

ering trees—Spathodea cam

panulata and Delonix regi—com

prise of the tall trees in the Glasshouse. (Jacaranda, another flow

ering tree, is planted outdoors)Exotic flow

ers comprise of the sm

aller trees an

d sh

rub

s, such as B

ou

gainvillea,

So

lan

dra

ma

xima

, Stro

ng

ylod

on

m

acrobotrys, and Medinilla m

agnifica.

Since the Aoshima Subtropical B

otanic Garden and the Singapore Botanic Gardens signed Sister G

arden agreement in 1965,

they have deepened friendship through em

ployee and plant exchange.

Glasshouse

In th

e Miyako

h B

otan

ic Gard

en

Ao

shim

a, visitors get to see th

e w

orld’s top 3 flow

ering trees at a glan

ce: Jacarand

a in th

e event

square, and Spathodea campanulata

and Delonix regia in the glasshouse.

Th

e Jacarand

a tree in the even

t square is the old

est of its kind in M

iyazaki Prefecture and said to be the parent tree of the Jacaranda forest in N

ango, Nichinan.

The world top 3

flowering trees

Delonix regiaJacaranda m

imosifolia

Spathodea campanulata

Sin

ce th

e B

ota

nic G

ard

en

co

nclu

de

d a

sister g

ard

en

agreem

ent with the Singapore

Bo

tanic G

arden in 1965, tw

o orchids “R

enantanda Akihito” and “D

endrobium M

ichiko” that w

ere named after their Im

perial M

ajesties, and another orchid “M

iss Joaquim” have been sent

from Singapore, in 2007 and 2015

respectively.Renantanda Akihito

Dendrobium M

ichiko

Three orchidsfrom

the SingaporeBotanic G

arden

Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim

Bo

ugain

villea is a po

pu

lar tropical flow

er distinguished by its vivid red and pink colors. 16 varieties of the flow

er are lined up in the G

arden, eight of which

are cuttings donated from the

Singapore Botanic G

arden and cultivated in M

iyazaki. They are trained into different shapes, such as an um

brella or arch.Bougainvillea ‘Double W

hite’Bougainvillea ‘Pigeon Blood’

Bougainvillea ×spectro-glabra ‘Jublilee’

Bougainvillea

The administration b

uilding has a reception desk, café, as w

ell as free wi-fi.

There is also a handicapped accessible restroom

equipped with a baby crib in

the learning building. Feel free to ask any question at the reception desk.

Learning buildingAdm

inistration building

Learning room

Staff Only

Men's toilet

Multifunctional toilet

Wom

en's toilet

Information

desk

Administration office

Palo Borracho Café

Area Information

Reception

Staff Only

Entrance

Bicycle Rentals in Aoshima

Available hours

▲

9：00a.m

.~5：00p.m

.The rental rate is 500 yen for the day※

Bicycles are limited in num

ber.

Why not tour Aoshim

a on a bicycle? Please com

e to the reception desk to rent a bicycle. W

e also take advance registration.

Study Room470yen per hour (540yen if using the A/C)

The study room can be rented on an

ho

urly b

asis fo

r a stud

y gro

up

m

ee

ting

. Ple

ase

com

e to

the

reception desk for reservation if you w

ish to use the study room.

Palo Borracho CaféO

pening hours

▲

9：00a.m

.~5：00p.m

.（order closes at 4：

30 p.m.）

Closed on Tuesdays (except national holidays)

Palo B

orracho C

afé offers a fantastic view of A

oshima an

d refreshing beverages m

ade with tropical fruits, including a m

ango sm

oothie using Miyazaki’s fully ripe m

angoes. The café is open to all visitors. Feel free to drop by and catch a break here even if you don’t plan to order off the m

enu.

Opening hours

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9：00a.m

.~5：00p.m

.D

ays clo

sed

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Every Tuesday (Except national holiday)Adm

ission fee

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Free

History of Sister Garden

Exchange and Activities

Standing in the southwest corner of the

Glasshouse and majestically em

itting water

from its m

outh, the Merlion statue w

as designed and erected in M

arch, 2016 with

permission from

the Singaporean Tourism

Board. Adjustm

ents were m

ade to the statue based on feng shui rules so that it is facing in the direction believed to be auspicious—

88 degrees east.

Solandra maxim

aFlow

ering Period ： N

ov.~Jan.

Petrea volubilisFlow

ering Period ： M

ar.~May

Mangifera indica

Flowering Period ：

Jan.~Mar.

Plumeria cv.

Flowering Period ：

Jun.~Jul.

Pavonia intermedia

Flowering Period ： All year around

Medinilla m

agnificaFlow

ering Period ： N

ov.~Jan.

Theobroma cacao

Flowering Period ： All year around

Strongylodon macrobotrys

Flowering Period ：

Mar.~Apr.

1965　H

iroshi Kurogi, Governor of Miyazaki at the

time, visits the Singapore Botanic G

ardens and exchanged the "em

blem of sister gardens" on behlaf

of the Aoshima Subtropical Botanic Garden.

In front of the former glasshouse during the

bougainvillea exhibition

Ren

ewal O

pen C

eremo

ny of the M

iyakoh

Botanic Garden Aoshim

a on March 26th, 2016

Presentation ceremony com

mem

orating the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of sister garden agreem

ents in August, 2015.

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erlion statueM

erlion statue

Welcom

e gateW

elcome gate

CorridorCorridor

StairsStairs

TrellisTrellisM

erlion statue

Welcom

e gate

Corridor

Stairs

Trellis

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、H14.7m

、L24m、A610㎡

Administration Building

･Learning Building

Wood deck

The world top 3 flow

ering treesThe w

orld top 3 flowering trees

「Spathodea」

「Spathodea」

The world top 3 flow

ering treesThe w

orld top 3 flowering trees

「D

elonix」「

Delonix」

The world top 3 flow

ering trees「

Spathodea」

The world top 3 flow

ering trees「

Delonix」

Miyakoh Botanic Garden Aoshim

aand

Singapore Botanic Garden