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Tanegashima Division, Research Center for Medicinal Plant Resources (Kagoshima): Botanical garden for Families

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Tanegashima Division, Research Center for Medicinal Plant Resources is a botanical garden in Nakatane, Kagoshima Prefecture, about 999 km from Tokyo Station and 628 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Tanegashima Division, Research Center for Medicinal Plant Resources
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeBotanical garden
Name in Japanese薬用植物資源研究センター種子島研究部
LocationNakatane, Kagoshima Prefecture
From Hakata Stationabout 343 km (straight line)
From Hiroshima Stationabout 452 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 628 km (straight line)
Established1954
Coordinates30.54189, 130.95431
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttp://wwwts9.nibiohn.go.jp/tanegashima.html

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