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Kairakuen
Name:Kairakuen 



 
Alternate Name:Tokiwa Teien 
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City:Mitô-shi 
State:Ibaragi-ken 
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Country:JAPAN 
Latitude/Longitude:lat=36.3833; long=140.4667
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Designer(s):Tokugawa Nariaki 
Contruction Date:1834-1840 (Late Edo) 
Public/Private:PUBLIC 
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Added to JGarden:1/1/1997 
Last Updated:12/26/2000 
JGarden Description:Also know as the Tokiwa garden during the Meiji era, this was originally the plum orchard of Tokugawa Nariakira, the ninth son of the Mito branch of the Tokugawas. It was turned into a public garden in 1840 and given the name Kairakuen. Highlights include the two-story Kobuntei and the view of Lake Chinami. 




Good people of old
Looked oft at Mount Yoshino
And said that it was good.
Good people of our time,
Take a good look
At the good mountain of Yoshino!
Good people,
Take a good look!!

  Emperor Temmu
  Manyôshû
  trans. by Charles Terry (?)
  7th century

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