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Upcoming Events
Don’t miss this exciting photography exhibit by our youth artists! These new talented group of artists participated in our youth photography workshops at the Garden this spring.
For the August Free First Thursday, Wandering and Wondering continues its annual tradition and returns to Seattle Japanese Garden for Butoh performance! Throughout the three-hour event, you will encounter dancers and musicians dispersed in surprising locations in the Garden. Wandering and Wondering invites us to reimagine our relationship to the environment around us. Mark your calendars for this unique event.
The Seattle Japanese Garden is participating in the North American Japanese Garden Association’s Gardens for Peace event. Visit the garden from 11am to 1pm on August 15th to draw a peace pattern with water onto special water-writing calligraphy scrolls.
Welcome TO Seattle Japanese Garden
The Experience
Seattle Japanese Garden is a 3.5 acre urban sanctuary. Winding gravel paths and stone benches invite you to view the garden slowly and mindfully, in all of its detail - rock, water, lanterns, bridges, buildings, plants and animals. Seasonal changes are constant and every visit refreshingly unique. Find out more.
Your Visit
Visit in each season to appreciate the full beauty of the garden. The slow transformation of spring to summer to autumn connects us with nature and reminds us of the beauty and impermanence of life.
Enjoy a perfect visit to the garden by planning ahead. See our full annual schedule here.
Preserve the beauty and tranquility of the garden, please read our policies here.
Free Guided Tours
April - October
Tuesday - Saturday: 11am
Free guided tours are offered from April to October. Our dedicated volunteer guides look forward to sharing the history and horticulture of the garden with you.
*All tours are limited to first 10 visitors.
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Recent Posts
This is the second in a series of articles on design and maintenance in the Seattle Japanese Garden. Here, blog contributor Corinne Kennedy tells the story of Richard Iwao Yamasaki, a Nisei whose landscape company placed the Garden’s stones during its 1960 creation, and who served as Garden Consultant for decades afterwards.
This is the second in a series of blog articles about projects that preserve Japanese American culture and history. Here, blog contributor Corinne Kennedy shares the fascinating story of the Seike Japanese Garden. It was created by the Shinichi Seike family at their Des Moines Way Nursery—as a family retreat and to honor their son Toll, who was killed in action in WWII. Decades later, community members and government officials saved the Garden from SeaTac Airport’s expansion plans and moved it to the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden.
Schedule of Events
Programs
& Festivals
Enrich your experience by attending one of our many educational programs and festivals. Japanese gardening workshops to celebrations of seasonal Japanese traditions, there's something for visitors of all ages to enjoy.
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