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The garden was established in 1880 by British merchant Samuel Cocking (1842–1914) as the Enoshima Botanical Garden, and featured a greenhouse (660 m 2) in which he collected tropical plants. This original greenhouse was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake .
Samuel Cocking (19 March 1845 in Camberwell London – 26 February 1914 in Yokohama, Japan) was a merchant in Yokohama arriving in 1869, shortly after the “Opening of Japan”. Although he was born in Ireland, he moved with his parents to Australia at a young age and grew up mostly in Melbourne.
The Enoshima Sea Candle (Japanese: 江の島シーキャンドル), also known as the Shonan Observatory Lighthouse, [1] is an observation tower and lighthouse located in the Samuel Cocking Garden on the small tidal island of Enoshima in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. [2] The tower has two observation decks, the primary indoor deck and a secondary ...
Enoshima Illuminations - A large-scale light show that runs from December through the end of February. The show is free, but admission to the Samuel Cocking Garden is required. [2] Enoshima Sea Candle- located within the Samuel Cocking Garden. Enoshima Shrine; Iwaya Caves - were formed by the erosion of waves in ancient times.
Samuel Cocking Garden ; Sasebo Zoological Park and Botanical Garden (Sasebo, Nagasaki) Seinan Gakuin University Biblical Botanical Garden (Fukuoka, Fukuoka) Shimokamo Tropical Botanical Gardens (Kamo, Shizuoka) Shimizu_Park (Noda, Chiba) Southeast Botanical Gardens (Okinawa, Okinawa) Suigō Sawara Aquatic Botanical Garden (Katori, Chiba)
Enoshima Sea Candle 31 Dec 2002: Samuel Cocking Garden 35°17′59″N 139°28′42″E: Fl W 10s [9] M6332: Esaki Lighthouse ...
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Samuel Cocking Garden; Sankei-en; T. Tokyo University of Agriculture Botanical Garden; Y. Yokohama Municipal Children's Botanical Garden This page was ...