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.
Gardens Name Town/City State Summary Anderson Japanese Gardens Rockford Illinois 12 acres, established in 1978 Japanese Peace Garden Moses Lake Washington 4 acres ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden Albuquerque New Mexico Includes the four-acre Sasebo Japanese Garden designed by Toru Tanaka, opened in 2007 Asticou Azalea Garden Northeast Harbor Maine 2.3 acres, styled after a Japanese stroll garden Atlanta Botanical Garden Atlanta Georgia Includes 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 Bellevue Botanical Garden Bellevue Washington Yao Gardens is a Japanese-style stroll garden Bellingrath Gardens and Home Theodore Alabama Includes the Asian-American Garden with elements of Japanese and Chinese gardens Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham Alabama Includes the 7.5 acre Japanese Gardens with a tea garden, the karesansui garden, hill and stream garden, small stroll garden Bloedel Reserve Bainbridge Island Washington 150-acre (0.6 km2) forest garden with a formal Japanese garden and Japanese guesthouse The Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma Includes a Japanese dry garden or kara san sei, and a Japanese tea garden Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn New York Includes the 3-acre Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden (opened in 1915) and the C. 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Starr Bonsai Museum Brookside Gardens Wheaton Maryland Includes a Gude Garden and a teahouse Byodo-In Temple Kaneohe Hawaii Located 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 California 1.5 acre sculpture garden designed by Isamu Noguchi, part of the upscale-luxury goods shopping center Central Washington University Japanese Garden Ellensburg Washington Designed by Masa Mizuno, located next to the Student Union Center Charles Wood Japanese Garden Mobile Alabama Website, designed by Takeo Uesugi Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Nashville Tennessee 55-acre botanical garden includes the Shomu-en, the pine-mist garden Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe Illinois Includes 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 Ohio Includes a Japanese garden designed by David Slawson, was a gift of Ikebana International, Chapter 20, in 1975 Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Saint Paul Minnesota The 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 Ohio The Japanese Garden features a meditation house, pond and rock garden and was designed in 1963 by Dr. Makoto Nakamura. Delaware Park Japanese Garden Buffalo New York Located by the Buffalo History Museum, 6-acre friendship garden with Kanazawa Denver Botanic Gardens Denver Colorado The Japanese Garden is called Shofu-en—the Garden of Wind and Pines, and was designed by Koichi Kawana in collaboration with Kai Kwahara.Kelaidis, Panayoti. "Creating a Sense of Place", editor Holly Shrewsbury, Gardening With Altitude: Cultivating a New Western Style, Denver Botanic Gardens (2006), , p. 21 Descanso Gardens La Cañada Flintridge California Includes a Japanese teahouse and a Japanese-style garden designed by Whitney Smith and built in 1966. Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Dubuque Iowa Includes 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 Jersey The 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 California 1.3 acres on the campus of California State University, Long Beach East–West Center Honolulu Hawaii Features a "Seien" (Serene Garden), a Japanese garden designed by Kenzo Ogata of Tokyo, and located behind Jefferson Hall, and a teahouse Fabyan Villa Geneva Illinois Features 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 Michigan Includes a Japanese "dry" garden designed by Ben Oki (1979), Curator of Bonsai at the Huntington Botanical Gardens Fort Worth Japanese Garden Fort Worth Texas 7.5-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 Ohio Includes a bonsai display Fuller Gardens North Hampton New Hampshire Summer estate of Alvan T. Fuller, includes a Japanese garden with koi pond Furman University Asian Garden Greenville South Carolina Almost 2 acres, Japanese and Asian elements, includes a Hei-Sei-Ji temple that was originally standing in Nagoya Ganna Walska Lotusland Montecito California The Japanese Garden includes a Shinto shrine and koi pond. Garden of Serenity Bethlehem Pennsylvania Outside 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. Garden of the Phoenix at Jackson Park Chicago Illinois A 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 Arkansas Features 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 Hakone Gardens Saratoga California 18-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 York About 7 acres, exhibits of Eastern and Western art and programs Hannah Carter Japanese Garden Los Angeles California Currently not open to the public, completed in 1961, emphasizes water, stones, and evergreen plants. Haverford College Arboretum Haverford Pennsylvania Includes the Denis Asian Garden and Teaf Memorial Zen-style Garden adjoining the Dining Center Hayward Japanese Gardens Hayward California Designed by Kimio Kimura, over 3 acres, includes a koi pond, teahouse and viewing pavilions set along a ravine Heathcote Botanical Gardens Fort Pierce Florida Features the James J. Smith Bonsai Gallery with 100 bonsai trees, and a Japanese garden designed by Mollie Crimmins in the 1960s Hermann Park Houston Texas The 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 Pennsylvania Includes 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 California The 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 York 150-acre garden, merges the essence of Modernist and Romantic ideas with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design International Peace Gardens Salt Lake City Utah Includes 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 California 12 acres, located in Balboa Park, landscape designed by Takeo Uesugi, includes a bonsai collection and teahouse Japanese Friendship Garden San Jose California 5.5 acres, located in Kelley Park, includes three koi ponds, patterned after Japan's famous Korakuen Garden in Okayama Japanese Garden Lodi California 3 acres, located in Micke Grove Regional Park, designed by Nagao Sakurai The Japanese Garden Los Angeles California Located in Van Nuys, 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 Oklahoma Opened 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 California 3 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 Center Los Angeles California Website, includes the James Irvine Japanese Garden, also known as Seiryu-en or "Garden of the Clear Stream", designed by Takeo Uesugi & Associates JC Raulston Arboretum Raleigh North Carolina Administered 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 Minnesota Located behind Watson Hall, opened in 1976 John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden Mill Neck New York 4 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 Washington 20 acres with 4.5-acre landscaped core, started in 1927 by Fujitaro Kubota Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park Honolulu Hawaii Cemetery with three-tiered Sanju Pagoda, Kinkaku-ji Temple, and Mirror Gardens Kyoto Garden at Oklahoma Science Museum Oklahoma City Oklahoma Gifted 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 Nebraska Planned Japanese garden Lendonwood Gardens Grove Oklahoma Includes the Japanese Pa