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A basket of yomogi, or mugwort.

Yomogi and More: Five Amazing Flora of Japan!

Japan’s flora includes many species, with about 4,500 native Japanese plants. They come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. These plants include wisteria, yomogi, and iris.

A sumi-e painting of Queen Himiko.

Himiko: The Amazing Ancient Queen of Japan!

Few figures in Japanese history are as enigmatic as Queen Himiko. She was a woman of mystery who evades concrete description and has befuddled scholars and historians for generations.

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