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Senganen

Kagoshima · Kagoshima · Architecture

Japanese name: 仙巌園

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WHAT TO DOSenganen

A garden that treats Sakurajima as its artificial hill and Kinko Bay as its pond. The remains of the Shuseikan works stand alongside.

WHEREKagoshima

Kagoshima · Kagoshima

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A garden that treats Sakurajima as its artificial hill and Kinko Bay as its pond. The remains of the Shuseikan works stand alongside.

About this place

Sengan-en (仙巌園) is a Japanese garden attached to a former Shimazu clan residence in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Designated a Place of Scenic Beauty, together with the adjacent Shōko Shūseikan it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining. Sengan-en is managed by Shimadzu Ltd.

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Founded / opened:1658 Designation:Place of Scenic Beauty, World Cultural Heritage Site

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