Hiroshima Forest Park

In 1989 the first insectarium in western Japan, in a 378-hectare park (free).

In the ‘papillon dome’ butterflies fly freely around you as you walk, and in the other rooms you can observe live insects up close. The park that houses them, 378 hectares of woodland in Higashi-ku, opened in 1989 with the first insectarium in western Japan: today the insectarium remains the only one in the Chūgoku-Shikoku region devoted to insects. A small monorail also runs through the park.

Hiroshima Forest Park opened in November 1989 on 378 hectares of hillside, in Fukuda-chō, Higashi-ku. Inside it is the first insectarium in western Japan, today the only facility in the Chūgoku-Shikoku region devoted entirely to insects, with a dome where butterflies fly freely and rooms for observing live insects.

ℹ️ The park is free, open 9:00–16:30 (entry until 16:00), closed on Wednesdays (the following day if Wednesday is a public holiday) and from 29 December to 3 January. The insectarium has its own ticket: concurring third-party sources give 510 yen for adults, 170 for over-65s and high school students, free for junior high and below; the operator's official site (hiro-kon.jp) never opened with the reading tool (‘Socket is closed’), so the price has not been verified on a primary source.

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Sources: city.hiroshima.lg.jp · city.hiroshima.lg.jp · guide.jr-odekake.net

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