List of Japanese gardens in the United States

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This list of Japanese gardens in the United States contains gardens, museums, institutions and other organizations which features gardens designed and created in traditional Japanese style that are open to the public.

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Gardens

NameTown/CityStateSummary
Anderson Japanese Gardens Rockford Illinois12 acres, established in 1978
Japanese Peace Garden Moses Lake Washington4 acres
ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden Albuquerque New MexicoIncludes the four-acre Sasebo Japanese Garden designed by Toru Tanaka, opened in 2007
Asticou Azalea Garden Northeast Harbor Maine2.3 acres, styled after a Japanese stroll garden
Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta GeorgiaIncludes a small Japanese garden begun in Piedmont Park in the 1960s before the Atlanta Botanical Garden was chartered
Bainbridge Public Library Bainbridge Island Washington Website, Japanese garden on the west side of the library designed in 1998 [1]
Bellevue Botanical Garden Bellevue WashingtonYao Gardens is a Japanese-style stroll garden
Bellingrath Gardens and Home Theodore AlabamaIncludes the Asian-American Garden with elements of Japanese and Chinese gardens [2]
Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham AlabamaIncludes the 7.5 acre Japanese Gardens with a tea garden, the karesansui garden, hill and stream garden, small stroll garden
Bloedel Reserve Bainbridge IslandWashington150-acre (0.6 km2) forest garden with a formal Japanese garden and Japanese guesthouse
The Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University Stillwater OklahomaIncludes a Japanese dry garden or kara san sei, and a Japanese tea garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn New YorkIncludes the 3-acre Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden (opened in 1915) and the C. V. Starr Bonsai Museum
Brookside Gardens Wheaton MarylandIncludes a Gude Garden and a teahouse
Byodo-In Temple Kaneohe HawaiiLocated in Valley of the Temples Memorial Park, non-denominational shrine that is a replica of a 900-year-old Buddhist temple at Uji, landscaped gardens, established in 1968
California Scenario at South Coast Plaza Costa Mesa California1.5 acre sculpture garden designed by Isamu Noguchi, part of the upscale-luxury goods shopping center [3] [4]
Central Washington University Japanese Garden Ellensburg WashingtonDesigned by Masa Mizuno, located next to the Student Union Center [5]
Charles Wood Japanese Garden Mobile Alabama Website, designed by Takeo Uesugi [6] [7]
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Nashville Tennessee55-acre botanical garden includes the Shomu-en, the pine-mist garden
Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe IllinoisIncludes the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden, a 17-acre lakeside garden with three islands, also a collection of nearly 200 bonsai
Cleveland Botanical Garden Cleveland OhioIncludes a Japanese garden designed by David Slawson, was a gift of Ikebana International, Chapter 20, in 1975 [8]
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Saint Paul MinnesotaThe Marjorie McNeely Conservatory includes the Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden and a bonsai collection
Culver City Julian Dixon Library Kaizuka Meditation Garden Culver City California Website
Dawes Arboretum Newark OhioThe Japanese Garden features a meditation house, pond and rock garden and was designed in 1963 by Dr. Makoto Nakamura. [9]
Delaware Park Japanese Garden Buffalo New YorkLocated by the Buffalo History Museum, 6-acre friendship garden with Kanazawa
Denver Botanic Gardens Denver ColoradoThe Japanese Garden is called Shofu-en—the Garden of Wind and Pines, [10] and was designed by Koichi Kawana [11] in collaboration with Kai Kwahara. [12]
Descanso Gardens La Cañada Flintridge CaliforniaIncludes a Japanese teahouse and a Japanese-style garden designed by Whitney Smith and built in 1966.
Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Dubuque IowaIncludes a Japanese garden designed by Hoichi Kurisu, covers 14 acres, including a 4-1/2 acre lake. This is a chisen kaiyu-shiki or “wet strolling garden.”
Duke Farms Hillsborough New JerseyThe Japanese section includes a small teahouse, a wood bridge, fuji, azaleas, primrose, crocus, and a karesansui dry garden.
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden Long Beach California1.3 acres on the campus of California State University, Long Beach
East–West Center Honolulu HawaiiFeatures a "Seien" (Serene Garden), a Japanese garden designed by Kenzo Ogata of Tokyo, and located behind Jefferson Hall, and a teahouse
Fabyan Villa Geneva IllinoisFeatures a one-acre garden installed in 1910, designed by Taro Otsuka, includes a pond, waterfall, moon bridge, oversized lantern and teahouse.
Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve Buchanan Township MichiganIncludes a Japanese "dry" garden designed by Ben Oki (1979), Curator of Bonsai at the Huntington Botanical Gardens
Fort Worth Japanese Garden Fort Worth Texas7.5-acre garden in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, built in 1973
Four Rivers Cultural Center Ontario Oregon Website, includes a 1.3-acre garden dedicated to as a memorial to Japanese Americans interned during World War II and to the Japanese Americans who for the U.S. in WWII
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Columbus OhioIncludes a bonsai display
Fuller Gardens North Hampton New HampshireSummer estate of Alvan T. Fuller, includes a Japanese garden with koi pond
Furman University Asian Garden Greenville South CarolinaAlmost 2 acres, Japanese and Asian elements, includes a Hei-Sei-Ji temple that was originally standing in Nagoya
Ganna Walska Lotusland Montecito CaliforniaThe Japanese Garden includes a Shinto shrine and koi pond.
Garden of Serenity Bethlehem PennsylvaniaOutside the Bethlehem Area Public Library, designed by Yoshinaga Sakon in 1971, gift from the twin city of Tondabayashi, includes raked sands, bonsai and topiary bushes, and a tea house. [13] [14]
Garden of the Phoenix at Jackson Park Chicago IllinoisA peace garden originally built in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition
Gardena Mayme Dear Library Japanese Garden Gardena California Website, opened in 1964, designed by Takuma Tono
Gardens of the World Thousand Oaks California Website, the Japanese garden features an authentic Japanese Pagoda and koi pond
Garvan Woodland Gardens Hot Springs ArkansasFeatures the 4-acre Garden of the Pine Wind, designed by David Slawson, includes 300 varieties of Asian ornamental plants, a 'Full Moon Bridge', three cascades, a 12-foot waterfall, two springs, four pools and a pond.
George and Sakaye Aratani Japanese Garden at Cal Poly Pomona Pomona California Website, 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) Japanese garden built in 2003 and designed by Takeo Uesugi, adjacent to the CLA Building and the W.K. Kellogg Commemorative Rose Garden [15]
Hakone Gardens Saratoga California18-acre Japanese estate, retreat and gardens, includes a bamboo garden, Zen garden, strolling garden, tea houses, and the Cultural Exchange Center, which is an authentic reproduction of a 19th-century Kyoto tea merchant's house and shop.
Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden North Salem New YorkAbout 7 acres, exhibits of Eastern and Western art and programs
Hannah Carter Japanese Garden Los Angeles CaliforniaCurrently not open to the public, completed in 1961, emphasizes water, stones, and evergreen plants.
Haverford College Arboretum Haverford PennsylvaniaIncludes the Denis Asian Garden and Teaf Memorial Zen-style Garden adjoining the Dining Center
Hayward Japanese Gardens Hayward CaliforniaDesigned by Kimio Kimura, over 3 acres, includes a koi pond, teahouse and viewing pavilions set along a ravine
Heathcote Botanical Gardens Fort Pierce FloridaFeatures the James J. Smith Bonsai Gallery with 100 bonsai trees, and a Japanese garden designed by Mollie Crimmins in the 1960s
Hermann Park Houston TexasThe Japanese Garden was designed by Ken Nakajima in 1992, includes a teahouse, waterfalls, bridges, and stone paths that wander among crepe myrtles, azaleas, Japanese maples, dogwoods and cherry trees.
Hershey Gardens Hershey PennsylvaniaIncludes a Japanese garden with rare giant sequoias, Dawn Redwood trees, Japanese maples and more.
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Washington D.C. D.C.Includes a Japanese garden designed by landscape architect Shogo Myaida, features a stream and pond, combines native and Japanese plants including Japanese pines, Colorado blue spruce, maples, azaleas, and false cypress.
Huntington Library Botanical Garden San Marino CaliforniaThe Japanese Garden features a moon bridge, a large bell, the authentic ceremonial teahouse Seifu-an (the Arbor of Pure Breeze), a fully furnished Japanese house, koi-filled ponds, the Zen Garden, and the bonsai collections with hundreds of trees.
Ichimura Miami Japanese Garden Miami Florida Website, located on Watson Island
Innisfree Garden Millbrook New York150-acre garden, merges the essence of Modernist and Romantic ideas with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design
International Peace Gardens Salt Lake City UtahIncludes a Japanese garden
Ippakutei Tea House, Embassy of Japan Washington D.C.D.C. Website, authentic Japanese tea house and replica of the rock garden at Ryōan-ji, open for events by the Japan Information & Culture Center
Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego California12 acres, located in Balboa Park, landscape designed by Takeo Uesugi, includes a bonsai collection and teahouse
Japanese Friendship Garden San Jose California5.5 acres, located in Kelley Park, includes three koi ponds, patterned after Japan's famous Korakuen Garden in Okayama
Japanese Garden Lodi California3 acres, located in Micke Grove Regional Park, designed by Nagao Sakurai
The Japanese Garden Los AngelesCaliforniaLocated in Van Nuys, 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) public Japanese garden located on the grounds of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area of the central San Fernando Valley, designed by Dr. Koichi Kawana and created from 1980 to 1983
The Japanese Garden at the Stillwater Community Center Stillwater OklahomaOpened in 1997 as a showcase of the relationship between Stillwater and Kameoka as sister cities
Japanese Tea Garden at Central Park San Mateo California Website, designed by Nagao Sakurai, features a granite pagoda, tea house, koi pond and bamboo grove
Japanese Tea Garden San Francisco California3 acres, located in Golden Gate Park, oldest public Japanese garden in the United States, designed by Makoto Hagiwara, includes ponds, a pagoda, moon bridge and a teahouse
Japanese-American Cultural and Community CenterLos AngelesCalifornia Website, includes the James Irvine Japanese Garden, also known as Seiryu-en or "Garden of the Clear Stream", designed by Takeo Uesugi & Associates [16]
JC Raulston Arboretum Raleigh North CarolinaAdministered by North Carolina State University, includes a Zen garden of raked gravel and hand-crafted wooden and stone features
Jo Ryo En Japanese Garden at Carleton College Northfield MinnesotaLocated behind Watson Hall, opened in 1976 [17]
John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden Mill Neck New York4 acres, includes a tea house in the shoin-dzukuri style of the Ashikaga period, tea garden, stone lanterns, mosses, waterfall, pond; may be closed
Kubota Garden Seattle Washington20 acres with 4.5-acre landscaped core, started in 1927 by Fujitaro Kubota
Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park HonoluluHawaiiCemetery with three-tiered Sanju Pagoda, Kinkaku-ji Temple, and Mirror Gardens
Kyoto Garden at Oklahoma Science Museum Oklahoma City OklahomaGifted to the State of Oklahoma in 1984 as a symbol of friendship between Kyoto and Oklahoma. It was restored in 2022 by the Japan America Society of Oklahoma with the help of Kyoto Master Gardeners
Lakeside Park Oakland California Website, includes a Japanese garden, bonsai garden and Torii gate garden at the Gardens at Lake Merritt
Lauritzen Gardens Omaha NebraskaPlanned Japanese garden
Lendonwood Gardens Grove OklahomaIncludes the Japanese Pavilion Garden with a koi pond
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Richmond VirginiaIncludes the Asian Valley
Liliuokalani Park and Gardens Hilo Hawaii30 acres, Edo-style Japanese gardens with bridges, koi ponds, pagodas, statues, torii, and a Japanese teahouse
Lithia Park Ashland OregonIncludes a Japanese garden
Manito Park and Botanical Gardens Spokane WashingtonIncludes the Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden designed in 1967 by Nagao Sakurai
Massee Lane Gardens Fort Valley GeorgiaIncludes the Abendroth Japanese Garden with a tea house and koi
Maymont Japanese Garden RichmondVirginiaFeatures a koi pond, large waterfall, torii gate, rock gardens
Memphis Botanic Garden Memphis TennesseeIncludes the Japanese Garden of Tranquility (1965, 1989), designed by Dr. P. T. Tono, Tokyo; redesigned by Dr. Koichi Kawana
Miami Beach Botanical Garden Miami Beach FloridaIncludes a Japanese garden
Micke Grove Regional Park Japanese Garden Lodi California Website, designed by Nagao Sakurai and dedicated in 1965
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Chaska Minnesota“Seisui Tei” or Garden of Pure Water reflects a style of Japanese Garden from the Edo Period, designed by Koichi Kawana in 1985, maintained under the direction of Dr. David Slawson [18]
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens Delray Beach FloridaIncludes two museum buildings, the Roji-en Japanese Gardens: Garden of the Drops of Dew and a bonsai garden
Muscatine Art Center Japanese Garden Muscatine IowaSmall Japanese-style garden built around 1930 for Laura Musser McColm of Muscatine
Mytoi Chappaquiddick Island MassachusettsOperated by The Trustees of Reservations on Martha's Vineyard
National Museum of the Pacific War Fredericksburg TexasIncludes the Japanese Garden of Peace, established in 1976 [19]
New Orleans Botanical Garden New Orleans LouisianaIncludes the Yakumo Nihon Teien Japanese Garden
New York Botanical Garden Bronx New YorkIncludes a 2.5-acre Japanese rock garden
Norfolk Botanical Garden Norfolk VirginiaThe Japanese Garden (1962) was created to honor Norfolk's sister city, Moji, Japan, and rededicated in 1962 to Kitakyushu, formerly Moji; redesigned and refurbished in 1995. [20]
Normandale Community College Japanese Garden Bloomington Minnesota2 acres [21]
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Pittsburgh PennsylvaniaIncludes the Japanese Courtyard Garden (1991) with bonsai, designed by Hoichi Kurisu
Pine Bluff Japanese Garden Pine Bluff ArkansasLocated at the Pine Bluff Civic Center, was a gift from Pine Bluff's Sister City, Iwai City, Japan [22]
Point Defiance Park Tacoma WashingtonThe Japanese garden features a pagoda built in 1914 as a streetcar station
Portland Japanese Garden Portland Oregon5.5 acres, features the Strolling Pond Garden, Natural Garden, Sand and Stone Garden, Flat Garden and Tea Garden
Ro Ho En - Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Phoenix Arizona3.5 acre Japanese stroll garden with a tea garden and tea house
Rotary Botanical Gardens Janesville WisconsinBuilt in 1989, the Japanese garden includes gates, fences, a dry gravel sea, stones, a waterfall, stream, Japanese lanterns and other elements.
San Antonio Botanical Garden San Antonio TexasIncludes Kumamoto En Japanese Garden, built in 1989, patterned after the Suizenji Park in Kumamoto
San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden San AntonioTexas11 acres, located in Brackenridge Park, includes shaded walkways, stone bridges, a 60-foot waterfall and ponds filled with koi
San Francisco Botanical Garden San FranciscoCaliforniaIncludes a Japanese-design moon-viewing garden
San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin San Jose California Website, located in Japantown, temple's garden includes a pagoda, a small bridge and topiaried plants [23]
San Jose Japanese Friendship Garden San Jose California Website, located in Kelley Park, temple's garden design was donated to San Jose from city of Okayama using Korakuen as an inspiration and built by volunteers from the Japanese American community in 1957–1960. The 6 acre garden includes a very large koi pond, Teahouse available for rent, many old pagodas, reflection lantern, zig-zag bridge, cherry blossom tree section, waterfall, curved walkways, a moon bridge, many bridges, artistic rocks and topiaried plants
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Santa Barbara CaliforniaIncludes an authentic Japanese teahouse and demonstration garden [24]
Satsuki Gardens GroveOklahomaDesigned by Dr. Leonard Miller
Seattle Japanese Garden SeattleWashington3.5 acres, designed by Kiyoshi Inoshita and Juki Iida, completed in 1959
Seiwa-en at Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis Missouri14-acre Japanese strolling garden, designed by Dr. Koichi Kawana
Sherman Library and Gardens Newport Beach CaliforniaIncludes a Japanese garden
Shinwa-En Japanese Garden at CSU Dominguez Hills Carson CaliforniaDesigned in 1978 by Haruo Yamashiro, includes a tea house, located in the courtyard of the Social and Behavioral Sciences building [25]
Shinzen Japanese Garden Fresno CaliforniaLocated in Woodward Park, 5-acre Japanese stroll garden opened in 1981 and designed by Paul Saito, includes a teahouse
Shiojiri Niwa Mishawaka Indiana Website, 1.3-acre Japanese strolling garden in Merrifield Park
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden Philadelphia Pennsylvania17th century-style Japanese house and 1.2-acre garden
Shore Acres State Park Coos Bay OregonIncludes a Japanese-style garden built around a 100-foot lily pond
Shoto-Teien Japanese Gardens Sioux Falls South Dakota Website part of Terrace Park [26] [27]
Sister City Park Shawnee Oklahoma
Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum Lakewood Township New JerseyPart of Georgian Court University, the Japanese Garden was designed by Takeo Shiota [28]
Smith College Botanic Garden and Lyman Plant House Northampton Massachusetts Website, includes a Japanese garden
Sonnenberg Gardens Canandaigua New YorkThe Japanese garden features miniature mountainous Japanese landscape, with torii gates and a tea house.
Springfield Botanical Gardens at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park Springfield Missouri Website, includes the 7.5-acre Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden with a koi lake, moon bridge, meditation garden, and tea house
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Akron OhioIncludes a Japanese garden designed in 1916 by T.R. Otsuka and Warren Manning
Stanley Park Westfield MassachusettsIncludes an Asian garden and Japanese tea house
Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden Pasadena California1.45-acre (0.59 ha) hill and pond strolling garden, the "chisen kaiyu shiki" form
Swiss Pines Malvern PennsylvaniaCurrently closed.
Tenshin-en at Museum of Fine Arts Boston MassachusettsContemplative indoor Japanese garden [29]
Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House, and Gardens of Saginaw Saginaw Michigan Website, 3 acres
Torrance Cultural Arts Center Torrance California Website, includes the Pine Wind Garden (Sho Fu En)
United States National Arboretum Washington D.C.D.C.Includes the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
University of California Botanical Garden Berkeley CaliforniaThe Asian Collection area includes a Japanese Pool with traditional garden items [30]
University of Illinois Arboretum Urbana IllinoisIncludes a Japanese arts teaching facility, Japan House, with tea garden (2002), dry or Zen garden (2003). The gardens are free, and open dawn to dusk, but the walled tea garden is closed during icy weather. [31]
Wa-Shin-An Japanese Tea House and Meditation Garden South Hadley Massachusetts Website, located on the top floor of Eliot House at Mount Holyoke College
Wells Japanese Garden Newberry South CarolinaFeatures a temple, torri gate, moon bridge and tea house
Wesleyan University Japanese Garden Middletown Connecticut Website, Shôyôan Garden at the Freeman Center for East Asian Studies
Yashiro Japanese Garden Olympia Washington0.74 acres
Yuko-En on the Elkhorn Georgetown Kentucky6 acres, strolling garden
Yushien at Amherst College Amherst Massachusetts Website, a contemplative garden in the Japanese style located between Webster Hall and Kirby Theater, designed by Shinichiro Abe of Zen Associates
Zilker Botanical Garden Austin TexasIncludes the 3-acre Isamu Taniguchi Japanese Garden [32]

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