Taken @ Morikami Japanese Garden, Delray Beach, FL

Taken @ Morikami Japanese Garden, Delray Beach, FL

Historical Facts about the Japanese Colony Settlers

Historical Facts about the Japanese Colony Settlers

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden is a cultural and emotional experience for all ages that should be enjoyed often.   Our recent visit to the Japanese Gardens enlightened us to the rich history and legacy

Mr. Morikami helped to carve here in the Yamato Colony (now parts of North Boca Raton and South West Delray Beach.)

The Gardens are full of lush landscape, water features, stone statues, memorials, pagodas, doorways, tree lined walkways, bamboo gardens, and many more beautiful landscape architecture.

Walkway

Walkway

We walked the path on a cool summer night, as did many other patrons, and there were bunnies and Koi, birds and lizards.  Young children ran through rock gardens and chased the rabbits, while older patrons walked and sipped on wine.

Statue

Statue

Taiko Drummers

Taiko Drummers

The experience we had at the Morikami made us fall in love with Japanese Culture and its simplicity, and the Morikami Museum.  We are now members and can go to the years events in total with 2 adults and 2 children for only $80 (minus 10% for purchasing at an event :-)   We definitely recommend this visit for families.

For almost thirty years now, the dream of George Sukeji Morikami has prospered here in our little city. The donation of land back in the ’80s by Mr. Morikami has become one of the most endearing aspects of our community. Also in the past thirty years, Delray Beach has become a thriving city in itself, with careful attention to preservation of historical sites such as the Morikami, Old School Square, The Colony Hotel, countless bungalows and cottages, we ensure our generation and ones after us will be able to learn about the people who made this place as magical as it is today.

Beautiful waterfall in the garden at Morikami

*Image from the Morikami.org site

We visited Morikami’s Sushi & Stroll on July 8th, 2011, check out this post for more info: