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Translation - English Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Gardens
These botanical gardens commemorate the world-renowned botanist Makino Tomitaro, who was born of the soil of this land. Centered on specimens from Kochi Prefecture, the gardens house approximately 1500 different types of plant. Here one can enjoy the beauty of flowers through all four seasons.
Facilities consist of the Makino Tomitaro Memorial Center, the Main Hall, and the Exhibition Hall. The Main Hall contains an experiential learning room, the Makino Library and a film room. The Exhibition Hall features a section showcasing Dr. Makino's biography, a gallery of botanical illustrations and a special exhibition room. Both buildings make abundant use of wood, giving a certain warmth to the Exhibition Hall.
Japanese to English: A brief history of Kochi City General field: Other Detailed field: History
Source text - Japanese 四国山脈を背景に太平洋に面した南国の都市・高知市は高知県の中央部、浦戸湾の奥に発達した県都です。約400年前、四国の覇者といわれた長宗我部元親が施政するに至って後、政治、経済、文化の中心都市として発展し続け、幕末には坂本龍馬、武市瑞山ら勤王の志士を輩出し、維新の礎を築きました。維新後も自由民権発祥の地といわれ、全国初の婦人参政権が実現するなど、その政治的伝統が培われてきた都市です。
Translation - English Sandwiched between the Shikoku Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Kochi City developed around Urado Bay, right at the center of Kochi Prefecture. It has been the political, economic and cultural capital of the prefecture ever since the Chosokabe Motochika - the unifier of Shikoku - chose the city as his seat of power approximately four hundred years ago. At the end of the Edo Period, the city turned out royalist activists such as Sakamoto Ryoma and Takechi Zuizan who laid the foundation for the Meiji Restoration. Kochi remained significant following the Restoration, and is known as the cradle of liberty and people’s rights in Japan. Among other notable political achievements, Kochi was the first city in Japan to grant voting rights to women.
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