The Akatsuka Botanical Garden (板橋区立赤塚植物園, Itabashi Kuritsu Akatsuka Shokubutsuen?) is a botanical garden located at 5-17-14 Akatsuka, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. It is open daily.
The garden is located in Akatsuka's hills and contains over 600 varieties of trees and plants. The Manyo Yakuyo Garden is a Manyo Botanical Garden containing medicinal herbs mentioned in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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