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plant shop in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2025, in this photo taken with a 360-degree camera. The store boasts some 20,000 plants consisting of about 1,000 species, and is known as a ...

And last, since in addition to Kairakuen being recognized as one of Japan’s three best gardens, Mito itself has long been acknowledged as producing some of the country’s finest paper lanterns, so ...