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Tagajo Castle Ruins Ayame Garden

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多賀城跡あやめ園 · Iris · Northern Japan

Iris at Tagajo Castle Ruins Ayame Garden, Ichikawa, Tagajo, Miyagi

Tagajo Castle Ruins Ayame Garden, photo 2

Photos ToshiJapon (CC BY-SA 4.0) — via Wikimedia Commons

About this spot

About 3 million irises of some 800 kinds beside the ruins of Tagajo, the ancient government post of northern Japan. An ayame festival is held in June.

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Ichikawa, Tagajo, Miyagi

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