Garden · Oizumi-gakuen / Nerima

Makino Memorial Garden 牧野記念庭園

The home garden of Makino Tomitaro, the father of Japanese botany, preserved a few minutes from Oizumi-gakuen Station. It is a small, free woodland garden of more than 300 plant species, with the cherry he named after his wife and a museum of his exquisite botanical drawings.

About

Makino Tomitaro named well over a thousand Japanese plants and was the inspiration for the 2023 NHK morning drama Ranman. He lived and worked here from 1926 until his death in 1957. Nerima Ward has kept his garden as he planted it, a shady, slightly wild collection of over 300 species, including the Sueko-zasa bamboo named after his wife and the rare Sendai-ya cherry. A small memorial hall shows his botanical illustrations, which are astonishingly detailed, along with tools and herbarium sheets. Part of his study is preserved behind glass, still piled high with books. It is free, quiet and very personal, a favourite for local gardeners and nature lovers.

Highlights

• A woodland garden of 300+ species planted by Makino himself
• The Sueko-zasa bamboo named after his wife
• His preserved study, crammed with books
• Exquisite botanical illustrations in the memorial hall
• Free entry and almost never crowded

Tips

• The garden closes on Tuesdays (open on holidays, then closed the next weekday).
• Check the special exhibition calendar on the official site. Exhibitions may keep shorter hours than the garden.
• Combine with the Oizumi Anime Gate statues at the station and Shakujii Park, one stop east.

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Nearby

• Oizumi Anime GateAnime & Otaku · 390 m away
• Don Quijote OizumiUnique Store · 1.1 km away
• Shakujii Park & Sanpoji PondPark · 1.2 km away
• Chihiro Art Museum TokyoMuseum · 2.6 km away
• Don Quijote SekimachiUnique Store · 2.7 km away
• Musashi-Seki ParkPark · 2.8 km away
• Zenpukuji ParkPark · 3.4 km away
• Higashi-Fushimi Inari ShrineLocal Secret · 3.4 km away