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Kyoto Botanical Garden (Kyoto): Botanical garden for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Kyoto Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, about 370 km from Tokyo Station and 45 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Kyoto Botanical Garden
Photo: PlusMinus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeBotanical garden
Name in Japanese京都府立植物園
LocationSakyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Kitaōji Station – about 0.4 km
From Kyoto Stationabout 7 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 45 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 103 km (straight line)
Established1924
Interest among English readersabout 1,100 page views a month on English Wikipedia (12-month average)
Coordinates35.04833, 135.76111
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.kyotobotanicalgardens.jp
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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