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1.Man'yō botanical garden
A Man'yō botanical garden is a Japanese form of botanical garden that attempts to contain every species and variety of plant mentioned in the Nara period Man'yōshū poetry anthology. It is somewhat similar to a Shakespeare garden in the English-speaking world. Specific Man'yō gardens include:
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Botanical garden In Hokkaido

2.Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens
The Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens (北海道大学植物園, Hokkaidō Daigaku Shokubutsuen, 13.3 hectares) are botanical gardens operated by Hokkaido University. They are located at North 3, West 8, Chūō-ku,[1] Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, and open daily; an admission fee is charged. The gardens were established in 1886 as part of the Old Sapporo Agricultural College, and are now the second oldest botanical gardens in Japan (after Koishikawa Botanical Garden). Today they form part of the university's School of Agriculture, and contain a small part of the forest formerly covering the Ishikari Plain, plus collections of over 4,000 plant species, including alpine plants, wild plants from Hokkaidō, and the oldest lilac in Sapporo. Serious typhoon damage was sustained in 2004.
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Botanical garden In Ibaraki Prefecture

3.Ibaraki Botanical Garden
The Ibaraki Botanical Garden (茨城県植物園, Ibaraki-ken Shokubutsuen) is a botanical garden and arboretum located at 4589 To, Naka, Ibaraki, Japan. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established in 1981, and now contains a rose garden, aquatic plant garden, rock garden; collections of camellias, conifers, and tropical fruit trees; and a tropical greenhouse. All told, the garden contains about 70 bird species and 600 plant species, including 240 species of tropical plants, with approximately 360 types of trees in its arboretum.
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Botanical garden In Chiba Prefecture

4.Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
The Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba (千葉県立中央博物館, Chiba Kenritsu Chūō Hakubutsukan) is a prefectural museum in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The museum opened in 1989 with a focus on the natural history and history of the Bōsō Peninsula.[1][2]
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Botanical garden In Tokyo

5.Hatoyama Hall
Hatoyama Hall (鳩山会館, Hatoyama Kaikan), also known as the Otowa Palace (音羽御殿, Otowa Goten), is a Western-style residence in Bunkyō, Tokyo commissioned in 1924 by Ichirō Hatoyama, and it was here that he helped form the present Liberal Democratic Party. The house and gardens are in the process of evolving into a museum commemorating the Hatoyama family's contributions to politics and education in Japan.[1]
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Botanical garden In Toyama Prefecture

6.Botanic Gardens of Toyama
The Botanic Gardens of Toyama (富山県中央植物園, Toyama-ken Chūō Shokubutsuen, 24.7 hectares) are botanical gardens located at 42 Kamikutsuwada, Fuchu-machi, Nei-gun, Toyama, Toyama, Japan. They are open daily except Thursdays; an admission fee is charged. Garden construction began in 1989. The gardens first opened to the public in 1993, with greenhouses following in 1996 and 2000. The gardens promote research as well as education, aiming to cultivate, preserve, investigate, and research plants. To this end the gardens publish a scholarly journal, the Bulletin of the Botanic Gardens of Toyama.
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Botanical garden In Ishikawa Prefecture

7.Botanic Garden, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University
The Botanic Garden, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University (金沢大学理学部附属植物園, Kanazawa Daigaku Rigakubu Fuzoku Shokubutsuen) is a botanical garden operated by Kanazawa University. It is located at the university's Kakuma Campus in Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. The garden was established in 1949, and in 1995 moved to its current location. Its mission is to advance botanical research and education, and to conserve genetic resources. It publishes the "Annual report of Botanic Garden, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University".
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Botanical garden In Shiga Prefecture

8.Mizunomori Water Botanical Garden
The Mizunomori Water Botanical Garden (草津市立水生植物公園みずの森, Kusatsu Shiritsu Suiseishokubutsu Kōen Mizunomori), also known as the Kusatsu Aquatic Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden specializing in aquatic plants and best known for its extensive lotus display. Mizu-no-mori means "water forest" in Japanese. It is located on Lake Biwa's southeastern shore on the Karasuma Peninsula in Oroshimo-cho, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, and open daily except Mondays. An admission fee is charged.
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Botanical garden In Osaka Prefecture

9.Sakuya Konohana Kan
The Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) is a botanical garden set within one of the world's largest greenhouses, located in Tsurumi Ryokuchi park at 2-163 Ryokuchi Koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged. The gardens were constructed between 1987 and 1989, and currently contain about 15,000 plants representing 2,600 species from various climatic zones. Total floor space is about 6,900 m² with a maximum height of 30 meters. The conservatory is divided into a number of cool and hot houses as follows:
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Botanical garden In Hyogo Prefecture

10.Nunobiki Herb Garden
The Nunobiki Herb Garden (布引ハーブ園, Nunobiki Hābu-en, 40 acres) is a herb garden located on Mount Rokkō above Kobe, Japan. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged. The garden is accessed by Shin-Kobe Ropeway gondola lift from downtown Kobe. It features over 75,000 herbs (200 varieties), plus greenhouses, restaurant and cafe, museums, exhibits, and gift shops.
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11.Rokkō Alpine Botanical Garden
The Rokkō Alpine Botanical Garden (六甲高山植物園, Rokkō Kōzan Shokubutsu-en) is a botanical garden located on Mount Rokkō, Kobe, Japan. It is open daily in the warmer months, except some Thursdays; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established in 1933 at an altitude of 865 meters near the peak of Mount Rokkō. It currently contains about 1,500 kinds of alpine plants from Japan and the Himalayas, including dicentra, edelweiss, skunk cabbage, and native wild plants.
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Botanical garden In Hiroshima Prefecture

12.Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden
The Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden (宮島自然植物実験所, Miyajima Shizen Shokubutsu Jikkensho, 11.5 hectares) is a botanical garden operated by Hiroshima University and located at Mitsumaruko-yama 1156-2, Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. It is open daily except New Years and August[clarification needed]; admission is free.
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Botanical garden In Fukuoka Prefecture

13.Kawachi Wisteria Garden
Kawachi Wisteria Garden (Japanese: 河内藤園 Kawachi fujien)[1] is a private garden located in Kitakyushu founded by Higuchi Masao.[2]The garden contains over 20 kinds of wisterias in a 10,000m2 area.[3]CNN listed the garden among Japan's 31 most beautiful places,[4] and this greatly increased its visitors; access is now limited to timed, advance-purchase tickets.[5]
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Botanical garden In Okinawa Prefecture

14.Omoro Botanical Garden
The Omoro Botanical Garden (おもろ植物園, Omoro Shokubutsuen, 4 hectares), also known as the Omoro Arboretum, is an arboretum and botanical garden located in the Ocean Expo Park, 424 Ishikawa, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan. It is open daily except Thursdays; admission is free. This facility was opened in 1980 to commemorate the Okinawa International Ocean Exposition. At a 2003 press conference, Emperor Akihito suggested the garden serve as a parallel to Japan's Manyo botanical gardens, which feature plants appearing in the Man'yōshū anthology (much like a Shakespeare garden in the English-speaking world). Accordingly, this garden collects plants that are described in the Omoro Sōshi (おもろそうし), a collection of Okinawan poems and songs.
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15.Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum
The Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum (熱帯・亜熱帯都市緑化植物園, Nettai Anettai Toshi Ryokka Shokubutsuen) is a 9-hectare (22-acre) arboretum and botanical garden located in the southern tip of the Ocean Expo Park at Ishikawa 424, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, Japan. It is open daily without charge. The arboretum was established in August 1976 on the site of the 1975 Okinawa Ocean Expo, and describes itself as the only tropical and subtropical arboretum in Japan with Okinawan climate. Its mission is education and the promotion of the urban afforestation, with sample gardens including nearly 37,500 plants representing 320 species of tropical and subtropical plants. Major arboretum features include an herb garden, hedge & vine area, ground cover area, street trees, and sections for salt and wind tolerant trees, palm trees, and bushes.
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16.Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden
The Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden (宮古島市熱帯植物園, Miyakojima-shi Nettai Shokubutsuen) is a botanical garden in Hirara, Miyako-jima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Landscaping began in 1967 on a site that before the war was a forest of Ryūkyū pines. The garden now contains about 1,600 species of plant and 40,000 trees in an area of 120,000 m².[1]
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17.Yubu Island
Yubu Island (由布島, Yubu-jima) is an island of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, it is located about 0.5 miles east of Iriomote Island. The "Subtropical Botanical Garden" encompasses most of the island. Yubu Island is a small island with a total area of 0.15 km2 and a circumference of 2.0 km. It is located 0.5 km east of Iriomote Island. The water level between Yubu Island and Iriomote Island is usually no more than around knee deep, even during high tide the maximum depth is around 1 meter. Water buffalo carts are used as a means of transportation between Yubu Island and Iriomote Island, and have become an important tourist attraction for the island. When it is low tide and the waves are calm, it is possible to cross between islands on foot. Utility poles are built in the sea from Iriomote Island to Yubu Island in order to guide foot traffic. A botanical garden encompasses most of the island.[1]
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