Welcome to the Meiji Memorial Forest Takao Quasi-National Park

• About The Wild Plant Garden
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• Flower Index

In the past, a large number of different varieties of wild grass grew naturally on Mt. Takao and the surrounding mountains and hillsides. However, the encroachment of suburbs and other human activity has sharply reduced the number of Japanese oak, Sawtooth oak, and other deciduous forests that provide a natural habitat for wild grasses. This, in turn, has resulted in a sharp decline both in the number and type of species of wild grass found in the area.

Against this background of changing environmental conditions, the mission of the Mt. Takao Wild Plant Garden is to preserve and put on display in as natural an environment as possible, about 300 different species of mostly subalpine and some alpine plants that have been growing naturally on Mt. Takao and the surrounding areas for a long time.