The Yokohama Municipal Children's Botanical Garden (横浜市こども植物園, Yokohama-shi Kodomo Shokubutsuen?) is a botanical garden located at 3-122 Mutsukawa, Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is open most days; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was founded in 1979.
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