URL:   http://www.minami-g.co.jp/minamikan/  Name: Minami-kan Restaurant    Alternate Name: Minamikan  Kanji:   Address: Mitsugimoto-cho  Mailing Address:   City: Matsue-shi  State: Shimane-ken  Postal Code: 690-0843  Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.4667; long=133.08333 Find Gardens Nearby Phone: +81 (0)852.21.5131  Fax: +81 (0)852.26.0351  E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Construction Period: -   Public/Private: PRIVATE  Hours:   Admission:   Added to JGarden: 9/21/2003  Last Updated: 9/21/2003  JGarden Description: Minamikan is a big operation in Shimane, running a hotel, restaurant, and other resort facilities. This is a first class restaurant and will be quite expensive, but the garden is said to be of the highest quality.

Talking before the iris flowers: This also is one of the pleasures Of traveling.   Matsuo Basho   trans. by R.H. Blyth   17th century