Come join fellow WaWF members in touring the Seattle Japanese Garden. Our guide will be WaWF member and certified guide, Alice Cunningham.

When: Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at11:30am.

Where: Seattle Japanese Garden ( https://www.seattlejapanesegarden.org)

Lunch:  to follow afterwards at Jae’s Asian Bistro and Sushi (https://www.jaesasianbistroandsushi-seattle.com). We will carpool to this nearby restaurant.

Cost: $10 for adults, $7 for 65+adults

Register here for the Japanese Garden Tour!

If you’ve watched the TV mini-series “Shogun” you’ll know that one Lord out fought and out witted the other feudal lords to unify Japan after several centuries of brutal fighting. That Lord, Tokugawa, ruled that all the other feudal lords had to move to Tokyo, but their families had to stay in their respective castles. They were not allowed to travel. Stuck at home the families looked for a way to ease their boredom.

The development of stroll gardens large in scale and created for enjoyment meant that these stay-at-home families could experience the idea of traveling. Our own Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum was designed as just that type of stroll garden dating from the early years of the Edo Period (1603-1868).

Join us for a tour of this unique beautiful garden at the height of spring.  Please email christineatkins1@gmail.com with any questions.