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Todaiji templeSaidaiji templeHoryuji templeMorino HerbGardenNara Prefecture Agricultural Research and Development Center (Vegetable Research Center)Begin herb search mission (April 3, 1729)Herb search mission completed (July 26, 1729)Tamura herb gardenManyo park (Kagirohi-no-oka)Manyo-rakuenTosa Kaido roadTaimadera templeSaijinja shrineNara Prefecture Agricultural Research and Development Center (Fruit and Herb Research Center)Motoyakushiji temple ruinsYamazoe VillageNara CityTenri CityUda CitySoni VillageHigashiyoshino VillageMie PrefectureWakayama PrefectureOsaka PrefectureKyoto PrefectureKashihara CitySakurai CityAsuka VillageKatsuragi CityGose CityTakatori TownYoshino TownShimoichi TownGojo CityTenkawa VillageShimokitayama VillageTotsukawa VillageToki (Angelica acutiloba)Shakuyaku (Paeonia lactiora)Mishimasaiko (Bupleurum falcatum)Kihada (Phellodendron amurense)Nanten (Nandina domestica)Sansho (Zanthoxylum piperitum)Karin (Pseudocydonia sinensis)Jio (Rehmannia glutinosa)Kanzo (Glycyrrhiza uralensis)Amacha (Hydrangea macrophylla)Kalahari suika (Citrullus lanatus)ABACABEABEFGBFABCDKABCDEFGHIJKJDIAAAAAAHDACapp. Autumn 2018 7Saheiji Uemura’s four-month mission in 1729 went in search of alternatives to expensive ginseng sourced from China. With Tosuke Morino, the mis-sion discovered a Japanese ginseng called tochiba ninjin (Panax Japonicus Rhizome, right). During the Edo period, over 60 types of medicinal plants were grown in Nara.Sign for a digestive kampo medicine A traditional kampo store in Nara prefecture●Nara’s Medicinal PlantsMunicipalities where medicinal plants are grown today (Source: 2016 Nara prefecture study)Route of Saheiji Uemura and Tosuke Morino (1729)Saheiji Uemura lodging sitesTosuke Morino solo journey (1729)Areas where tochiba ninjin was found (This map is reproduced courtesy of Morino Herb Garden.)10km0N