National Institute for Nature Study

Japanese: 国立自然教育園 - こくりつしぜんきょういくえん

It is located in Shirokanedai, Minato Ward, Tokyo. It covers an area of approximately 200,000 m2. The park is rich in plateaus, spring-fed ponds, valleys, and wetlands. It is also rich in biological communities and is considered academically valuable. During the Edo period, it was the secondary residence of Matsudaira Sanukinokami, the lord of Takamatsu Domain. It became national property in 1871 (Meiji 4), but was an army powder magazine from 1875 to 1911, and in 1882 it came under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Household Ministry, where it remained as Shirokane Imperial Estate until the end of the war. The fact that no human activity was added during the approximately 70 years during which it was the powder magazine and the Imperial Household Ministry is the reason why it has been able to maintain its natural state.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

東京都港区白金台にある。面積約20万m2。園内は台地，湧水池，谷，湿地に富んでいる。生物群落も豊富で学術上貴重なものとされる。江戸時代には高松藩主松平讃岐守の下屋敷であった。1871年(明治4)に国有地となるが，75年から1911年までは陸軍の火薬庫，17年宮内省の管轄に移り白金御料地として終戦まで続いた。この火薬庫と宮内省の時代をあわせて約70年の間，人工が加えられなかったことが，自然性を保持した原因である。

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