Enoshima Tropical Plants Garden , is a small botanical garden on the small island of Enoshima in Japan . The address is 2-3-28 Enoshima , Fujisawa , Kanagawa . 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 . When in 1949 title passed to the city of Fujisawa , no trace of the greenhouse was found . However , in 2002 , during reconstruction work , its brick foundation and original heating plant and boiler were discovered . In April 2003 , a restored greenhouse was opened as part of the new garden , and as of 2004 had some 500,000 visitors per year
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Samuel Cocking Garden