The Ichimura Miami-Japan Garden is located in Miami, Florida. This city friendship garden was begun in 1961, and features an eight foot high granite statue of Hotei, the smiling god of prosperity.
Visitors will also see Japanese stone lanterns, an arbor, a pond, three bridges and orchid trees.
Unfortunately, the garden doesn't seem to be well-maintained. The plants did not appear to be healthy, and the pond was covered with algae. Hopefully, in the future this garden will be better cared for.
The garden is open daily from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. There is no cost for admission, but it does cost $10.00 to park your car. If you can find a free parking space, it's worth the visit to see the statue of Hotei.
At least they don't charge for the park if it's in sad shape.
ReplyDeleteThey should use the parking money to fix the place up.
DeleteHow sad it's a bit run down.
ReplyDeleteYes. It was a little disappointing.
DeleteSherry, we host Japanese exchange students for a couple weeks about four or five times a year. They always bring pictures of their gardens. They take them seriously and I have to say my back yard looks pretty shabby compared to theirs.
ReplyDeleteUsually Japanese gardens are very well-maintained. I was surprised by the condition of this one.
DeleteSuch a pity the garden isn't well maintained. It would've been lovely to take a walk there. xoxo
ReplyDeleteI hope they fix it up.
Deletesounds like a garden with beautiful potential. Hopefully it will get the care it deserves
ReplyDeleteI've heard of many run-down gardens being brought back to life by caring people. Hopefully, this will be one of them.
DeleteMaybe the high parking cost is to go into a renovation fund! It must cost a small fortune to bring the garden back to a high standard.
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I'm sure it does cost a lot to fix up a garden. I agree - the parking money should be used to fix up the garden.
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