Japanese Gardens

Ever want to take a trip to Japan and enjoy the beautiful gardens?  Well you can, and no passports or brutally long airline flights required.

Hidden within the hubbub of Delray Beach is a jewel called Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.  The mile-long trial around a lake offers 25 points of interest that make even the hottest summer day bearable.

Walking through the gardens is an aesthetic experience of landscape architecture and botanical artistry at its finest.  You feel as though you have been transported across the globe, forgetting that you are in south Florida until you feel that large bead of sweat making its way down your back.

Some points of interest:

• Morikami Falls
• Yamoto Island
• Bamboo Grove
• Hiraniwa Flat Garden
• Nelson Family Memorial Garden
• Morikami Bonsai Collection



Morikami Falls.  The larger of two waterfalls in the gardens.



The lake with Yamoto Island on the far side.









Yamoto Island houses the original museum building.  It has now been transformed into two exhibitions.  Japan Through the Eyes of a Child and The Yamoto Colony: Pioneering Japanese in Florida

Bamboo Grove.  The museum asks goers to refrain from carving into the wood because it permanently damages the tree.

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is located at:

4000 Morikami Park Road

Delray Beach, Fl 33446

It is open Tuesday- Sunday from 10am - 5pm

Admission:

$12 + tax for adults

$7 + tax for children 6-17

$11 for seniors 65+

$7 for college students with ID