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Greenhouses to visit in Japan

The Verrière atlas lists 4 greenhouses in Japan, built between 1936 and 1992.

From Nagoya's 1937 Higashiyama “crystal palace”, inspired by Western models, to Tokyo's tropical domes and Kyoto's conservatory, Japan's greenhouses blend a European legacy with a local taste for landscape staging.

4Greenhouses
1936Oldest — Serre du jardin botanique de Higashiyama
1992Newest — Serre du jardin botanique de Kyoto
4Cities
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All 4 greenhouses, oldest to newest

Serre du jardin botanique de Higashiyama, Nagoya
1936–1937

Serre du jardin botanique de Higashiyama

🇯🇵 Nagoya
The oldest greenhouse still standing in Japan, nicknamed the 'Crystal Palace of the Orient.'
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Jindai Botanical Gardens Greenhouse, Chofu (Tokyo)
1984

Jindai Botanical Gardens Greenhouse

🇯🇵 Chofu (Tokyo)
A large tropical glasshouse in western Tokyo, extended in 2016, with its room of tropical water lilies.
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Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome, Kōtō, Tokyo
1988

Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome

🇯🇵 Kōtō, Tokyo
On a former landfill in Tokyo Bay, three glass domes heated by waste heat from a nearby incineration plant.
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Serre du jardin botanique de Kyoto, Kyoto
1992

Serre du jardin botanique de Kyoto

🇯🇵 Kyoto
A glass silhouette designed to echo the nearby Kinkaku-ji.
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