Description
Discover the legacy of a unique chapter in Florida history -- that of the pioneering Yamato Colony of Japanese settlers -- at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. View changing exhibitions of Japanese art and culture, admire miniaturized potted trees called bonsai, and stroll a nearly mile-long path through Japanese landscaping that features rock arrangements, manicured plants, waterfalls, and ponds in garden sites representing the evolution of Japanese garden design over a thousand years of Japanese history.
History
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens traces its heritage to the historic Yamato Colony of Japanese settlers that existed in Palm Beach County a hundred years ago. One of the colony's recruits was Sukeji "George" Morikami, a penniless immigrant who later achieved success in agriculture and business. In 1974, Morikami gave land that he had acquired over his lifetime to Palm Beach County to develop as a park for the people of his adopted country, out of gratitude for the opportunities he had found here. The original museum building, the Yamato-kan, opened in 1977. A second museum building opened in 1993 and Roji-en, the Japanese garden, opened in 2001.
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