Kōko-en
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thumb|Kōko-en in Himeji thumb|Koi carp in the pond thumb|Sakura cherry blossoms with walls of Himeji Castle in the background alt=Koko-en in Autumn|thumb|Tourists enjoying autumn foliage is a Japanese garden located next to Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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thumb|Kōko-en in Himeji thumb|Koi carp in the pond thumb|Sakura cherry blossoms with walls of Himeji Castle in the background alt=Koko-en in Autumn|thumb|Tourists enjoying autumn foliage is a Japanese garden located next to Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
== History == It was constructed in 1992 at the site of the lord's west residence, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Himeji municipality. In 2017, Kōko-en signed a sister garden agreement with Rohō-en, the Japanese Friendship Garden, in its sister city, Phoenix, Arizona.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kōko-en” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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