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Shimane Prefectural Man'yō Park 島根県立万葉公園

Shimane Prefectural Manyō Park (島根県立万葉公園, Shimane Kenritsu Manyō Kōen) is a park in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The park takes its name from the Man'yōshū, drawing on the historic connections between Kakinomoto no Hitomaro and Iwami Province, and includes within it a botanical garden with 153 of the species of plant that are named in the anthology.

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LocationMasuda, Shimane (益田市 島根県)
Coordinates34.67918, 131.81339 · Open in Google Maps
TypeMan'yō botanical garden
Official websitehttps://www.pref.shimane.lg.jp/infra/toshi/koen/pref/mayokou.html

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