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Sengan-en 仙巌園

Sengan-en (仙巌園) is a Japanese garden attached to a former Shimazu clan residence in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Designated a Place of Scenic Beauty, together with the adjacent Shōko Shūseikan it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining. Sengan-en is managed by Shimadzu Ltd.

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Sengan-en — 仙巌園
Photo: STA3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
LocationYoshino, Kagoshima (吉野 鹿児島県)
Coordinates31.61722, 130.57694 · Open in Google Maps
TypeDaimyō garden (feudal lord's garden)
Cultural propertyPlace of Scenic Beauty
Established1658
Official websitehttps://www.senganen.jp/

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