Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden

The Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden (熱川バナナワニ園) is a botanical garden with alligators located in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park at 971-9 Naramoto, Higashiizu-cho, Kamo, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.

The garden opened in 1958. According to Kawata, as of 2004 it contained 29 reptile species (349 specimens) in its zoo. The garden also contains a tropical botanical garden and fruit garden heated by hot spring water, with a lotus greenhouse (giant lotus, etc), main greenhouse (hibiscus, orchid, etc.) and annex greenhouse (banana, papaya, pineapple, etc). Other plants include bougainvillea.

See also

* List of botanical gardens in Japan

References

* [http://www4.i-younet.ne.jp/~wanien Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden (Japanese)]
* [http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/english/area_guide/detail.asp?a3_id=1&tbl=s&m_id=159&t_id= Shizuoka Guide entry]
* [http://www.japanican.com/japaninfo/Detail.aspx?BookID=A2001410&category=S&lang=English Japanican entry]
* "A List of Plants in Atagawa Tropical Garden & Alligator Farm 1972", paperback, 1972.
* Ken Kawata, "Reptiles in Japanese Collections, Part 2: Squamates and Crocodilians, 1999", "International Zoo News", vol. 51/2, no. 331, March 2004. [http://www.zoonews.ws/IZN/331/IZN-331.htm] .