Soothing Japanese Gardens in Florida
By sandra. Filed in Art, Family Fun, Florida, Food, Nature, Restaurant, United States, Walking Tour |
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens will clear your head from the buzz of I-95. You have to walk slowly, deliberately, in order to appreciate the sculpture of leaves, bushes, flowers and branches which are painstakingly maintained. In 200 acres, you will walk Roji-en, through the centuries: Shinden Garden (9th-12th), Paradise Garden (13th &14th), Early Rock garden (14th), Lake Rock Garden (15th), Flat Garden (16 th &17th) and the Modern Romantic Garden (19th-20th) as well as thru towering bamboo, waterfalls and bonsai, of course.
There are exhibition rooms on art, history, and Japanese culture and you might be able to enjoy a tea ceremony if you arrive at the right time.
The gardens were donated by George Sukeji Morikami of the the Yamato colony, an early 20th century Japanese farming settlement in Florida. In the original building, you can learn about the colony and see Japan Through the Eyes of a Child: school supplies, kitchen, bullet train and a bathroom toilet which washes your butt.
The gift shop sells tea sets, origami, abacus, calligraphy brushes, chopstick rests, kimonos and cool Piperoid Robography. You can dine gloriously in the Cornell Cafe and Tea House with its pan-Asian food overlooking gardens.
4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach
Hours: T-Sun 10-5
IconT 561-495-0233
www.morikami.org
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