Japan: Jindai Botanical Gardens doubles plant species in greenhouse
Twenty percent larger than it was before its renovation, the greenhouse, which reopened on May 12, boasts newly expanded exhibition rooms packed with begonias, orchids and other plants.
The greenhouse now has about 1,300 species of plant in total, doubling the number in its collection it had on display before the major facelift.
The greenhouse was originally completed in 1984, and because it had aged, the Tokyo metropolitan government proceeded with the renovation at a cost of about 1.2 billion yen ($11 million) from 2014.
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