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Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden 小石川後楽園

The Koishikawa Kōrakuen (小石川後楽園) is a large urban park in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese garden dates from the early Edo period. and is one of three surviving daimyō gardens of the many that were created during that period, the others being the Rikugi-en and the Hama Rikyū gardens.

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Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden — 小石川後楽園
Photo: Lombroso · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
LocationKōraku, Tokyo (後楽 東京都)
Coordinates35.70556, 139.74917 · Open in Google Maps
TypeDaimyō garden (feudal lord's garden)
Cultural propertySpecial Place of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Site, Place of Scenic Beauty, Historic Site of Japan
Established1629
Official websitehttps://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index030.html

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Basic data from Wikidata (CC0). Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), linked below. Details may change; the garden's official website is the authoritative source.

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