The Seattle Japanese Garden opens for the 2014 season with a special Shinto blessing ceremony, a photography exhibit, and viewing from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Seattle's 3 ½ acre formal Japanese garden evokes another time and place, a unique and artistic representation of nature influenced by Shinto, Buddhist, and Tao philosophies. Designed and built under the supervision of world-renowned Japanese garden designer Juko Iida in 1960, the garden is a quiet place, allowing reflection and meditation through the careful placement of water, garden plants, stones, waterfalls, trees, and bridges.
The Japanese Garden offers occasional tea ceremonies and other events during the March-November season when it is open to the public.
