Tag: Japanese Garden
First Viewing: Celebrate the reopening of the Seattle Japanese Garden! The Seattle Japanese Garden’s 2013 season opens on Sunday, March 3 with a traditional Shinto blessing and a calligraphy workshop. To ensure a wonderful season, Reverend Koichi Barrish of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine will honor the Japanese Garden with the traditional Shinto
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Posted: February 20th, 2013 under Parkways.
Tags: Japanese Garden, photographers, Shinto blessing, Washington Park Arboretum
The Japanese Garden at Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Washington Park Arboretum has opened applications for training to become a volunteer tour guide. [caption id="attachment_2577" align="alignright" width="249"] The Japanese Garden displays beautiful foliage throughout the year.[/caption] Tour guides will give free guided tours to garden visitors and must learn the techniques of effective
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Posted: January 7th, 2013 under Parkways.
Tags: Japanese Garden, Seattle Japanese Garden, tour guides
The Japanese Garden at Seattle’s Parks and Recreation’s Washington Park Arboretum has opened applications for training to become a volunteer tour guide. Tour guides will give free guided tours to garden visitors and must learn the techniques of effective guides, elements of the Japanese Garden, Japanese history and culture, and the history
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Posted: December 5th, 2012 under Parkways.
Tags: docent, Japanese Garden, Seattle Parks and Recreation, tour guides, volunteer
On Saturday, July 7, 2012 celebrate Tanabata, an annual Japanese festival, at The Wing and the Seattle Japanese Garden. A free shuttle will transport you between the celebration locations on the half hour from 1-5:30 p.m. Throughout the day, The Wing and the Seattle Japanese Garden will offer reciprocal admission to visitors.
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Posted: July 4th, 2012 under Parkways.
Tags: Japanese Garden, Tanabata
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Japanese Garden will celebrate the healthy growth and happiness of children during our Children’s Day celebration on Monday, May 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entertainment will include Mimibunko performing a Japanese language puppet show and Fujima Dance Ensemble performing a selection of traditional Japanese dances. Hands-on
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Posted: May 11th, 2011 under Parkways.
Tags: Children's Day, Japanese Garden, japanese holiday, Seattle Parks and Recreation
The Seattle Japanese Garden, 1075 Lake Washington Blvd. E in the Washington Park Arboretum, will open for the 2011 season on February 13, 2011. The opening takes place from 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. with a traditional Shinto blessing of the Garden and a calligraphy demonstration/workshop. The blessing takes place at noon and
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Posted: February 2nd, 2011 under Parkways.
Tags: 2011 season, Japanese Garden, springtime
The Seattle Japanese Garden is pleased to host an exhibit of Ishimoto Yasuhiro’s photographs of the Katsura Detached Palace. Taken in 1953, the photographs showcase both the interior and exterior of the historic palace. Built in the early Edo Period (17th Century) for the Hachijonomiya family, the Katsura Detached Palace maintains the
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Posted: August 18th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Japanese Garden, Katsura Detached Palace, Photo exhibit
The Seattle Japanese Garden, 1075 Lake Washington Blvd. E, presents an evening of moon viewing (tsukimi no kai) on Saturday, Aug 21, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m. (the gate will open at 6 p.m.). Enjoy a diverse night of cultural entertainment in honor of the moon: A performance by the performers
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Posted: July 28th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: family, Japanese Garden, moon viewing
The Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum celebrates 50 years as a Seattle cultural landmark on Sunday, June 6 at 11 a.m. The Sunday, June 6 formal anniversary celebration will take place at the Garden Gatehouse, 1075 Lake Washington Blvd. at the south end of the Arboretum, beginning at 11
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Posted: May 19th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: 50th Anniversary, Japanese Garden
Seattle Parks and Recreation is pleased to announce the opening of the Seattle Japanese Garden for its 50th Anniversary Season. The garden reopens on Sunday, February 14, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with public tours at noon and 2 p.m. and a Shinto/Buddhist Opening Blessing at 1 p.m. The garden
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Posted: January 31st, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Japanese Garden, Parks and Recreation, Seattle
