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Modern SitesSite Name: RakuRaku-en Alternative Name: 楽々園, GenkyūRakuraku-en 玄宮楽々園Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 8.77 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Hikone (Shiga pref.) Nearest Village: Konki-chō 金亀町
Latitude: 35.278700N Longitude: 136.253040E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A huge dry landscape in a Hikone Castle park, constructed in 1677 using the robbed stones from the garden of Seigan-ji temple. Also called "GenkyūRakuraku-en" along with adjoining hude pond garden "Genkyū-en". "En" means 'garden'.
Open 8:30-17:00, all year round, admission to the gardens (and the castle) 800 Japanese Yen (2024 price).
Official site of the Hikone Castle in English (only Genkyū-en is indicated on the map).
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