The Kubota Garden is a lovely wild-ish garden built by landscaper Fujitaro Kubota (see part 1 for more information).
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Posted in Culture, Japan in Seattle, Photography, tagged garden, Kubota Garden on 2014/08/25| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Culture, Japan in Seattle, Photography, tagged garden, Kubota Garden on 2014/08/21| 1 Comment »
While the Seattle Japanese Garden is a gorgeous example of a manicured Japanese garden, Kubota Garden, located in the Rainier Beach neighborhood, takes a different view of nature: it’s sprawling and almost wild.
Posted in Japan in Seattle, Photography, Sight-seeing, tagged autumn, シアトル日本庭園, 秋, 紅葉, garden, momoji, Seattle, Seattle Japanese Garden on 2013/11/13| 5 Comments »
I got out to the Seattle Japanese Garden to do some 紅葉狩り (momijigari, maple viewing or “maple hunting”) on October 28. Momiji season is a few weeks earlier in Seattle than in Ishikawa. The garden, which is part of the Washington Park Arboretum, was built in the Japanese style in 1960 by Junji Iida.
Posted in Architecture, Kanazawa, Photography, tagged autumn, 紅葉, 金沢, fall, foliage, garden, Ishikawa, japan, Kanazawa, Kenrokuen, photography, 兼六園, 写真 on 2012/11/24| 3 Comments »
Photos take at Kenrokuen, Kanazawa, 17 Nov. 2012.
Text: selections from「金沢の雨」(Kanazawa no Ame) by Miyuki Kawanaka (川中美幸) (my translation)
東京言葉と 加賀なまり
I love Tokyo words with a Kaga accent
Posted in Culture, Iwakuni, Photography, Sight-seeing, Travel, tagged azalea, アイリス, botan, 牡丹, 皐, 錦帯橋, 藤, flower, fuji, garden, iris, iwakuni, Kikkou Garden, Kintaikyou, peony, photog, satsuki, wisteria, Yamaguchi, 吉香公園, 山口, 岩国 on 2011/06/14| 4 Comments »
Over Golden Week, I headed out to Iwakuni in Yamaguchi-ken. Kintaikyô (錦帯橋), the famous bridge, is nice, but the real star of the show was the flowers in and around Kikkô Kouen (吉香公園) .