Man'yō botanical garden

A Man'yō botanical garden is a Japanese form of botanical garden that attempts to contain every species and variety of plant mentioned in the Nara period Man'yōshū poetry anthology. It is somewhat similar to a Shakespeare garden in the English-speaking world.

Specific Man'yō gardens include:

• Akatsuka Botanical Garden
• Futagami Manyo Botanical Gardens
• Michinoku Mano-Manyo Botanical Garden
• Manyo Botanical Garden, Nara

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