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Holds the botanist Makino's exacting plant drawings, under timber roofs that Naito made ripple along the slope.
About this place
The Makino Botanical Garden (高知県立牧野植物園, Kōchi Kenritsu Makino Shokubutsuen), also known as the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located at Godaisan 4200-6, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is open to the public daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established in 1958 with a museum dedicated to Tomitaro Makino (1862-1957), the "Father of Japanese Botany", and a research laboratory. Today its collections include Japanese Rhododendron, Acer, Chrysanthemum, serpentine plants, limestone plants, plants of the Sohayaki region, and wild plants of Kōchi Prefecture region.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1958 Architect / artist：Hiroshi Naito Highlights / collection：Botanical illustrations by Tomitaro Makino, Wooden corridors following the terrain Genre：Architecture, Nihonga (Japanese-style painting)
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