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with the designations promoted to "Special National Historic Site" and "Special Place of Scenic Beauty in 1952". It was also renamed Koishikawa Kōrakuen to distinguish it from the Okayama Kōrakuen the same year.
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after which the Koishikawa garden is named. The gardens cover an area of more than 70,000 square meters and are planted with
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was constructed in 1937 on the site of the former Tokyo Artillery Factory for the main purpose of
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List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments
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and other high officials used the garden as a reception area for foreign dignitaries.
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gardens of the many that were created during that period, the others being the
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surrendered the property, together with his mansion, to the new
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Index

Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden
Koishikawa Botanical Gardens
Koishikawa
Bunkyō, Tokyo
Okayama
Kōraku-en

Urban park
Koishikawa
Bunkyō, Tokyo
Coordinates
35°42′20″N 139°44′57″E / 35.705556°N 139.749167°E / 35.705556; 139.749167
Special National Historic Site of Japan
Special National Place of Scenic Beauty



urban park
Koishikawa
Bunkyō, Tokyo
Japanese garden
Edo period
daimyō
Rikugi-en
Hama Rikyū
Tokugawa Yorifusa
Tokugawa Ieyasu
daimyō
Mito Domain
Tokugawa Mitsukuni

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