Japanese Garden (Buenos Aires)
Jardín Japonés
A Japanese-style garden built in 1967 by the local Japanese community to welcome a visit by the Crown Prince, and one of the largest Japanese gardens outside Japan.
The Japanese Garden is in Palermo Woods and maintained by the Argentine Japanese Association. It covers about 2 hectares and features koi ponds, vermilion arched bridges, stone lanterns, a dry rock garden and a bonsai garden. Spring brings cherry blossoms and azaleas, and autumn brings red foliage. The Japanese cultural center on site hosts tea ceremonies, ikebana and origami exhibitions, and the restaurant serves sushi and matcha desserts. Admission is a few thousand pesos (foreign visitors pay more, and prices adjust with inflation). The garden is open daily roughly 10:00–18:45. You can buy fish food to feed the koi at the pond edges, and it gets busy on weekends. It is a 10-minute walk from MALBA or the planetarium.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:45
Nearby sights
- Parque Tres de Febrero (Bosques de Palermo)
- Galileo Galilei Planetarium
- Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires
- Evita Museum
- National Museum of Decorative Arts
- Buenos Aires Botanical Garden
- Floralis Genérica
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes