Japanese Garden Chicago

The osaka japanese garden.

Japanese garden chicago. The year 2002 saw a complete renovation of the ponds and stone settings. At times when the gold ginkgo trees glow in the autumn light for instance it s easy to overlook the ways in which the japanese respect for nature and age are revealed in the elizabeth hubert malott japanese garden. The garden has. The original pavilion had only a small garden however in the 1930s the newly formed chicago park district restored the pavilion and added a more extensive japanese garden.

The intelligent landscaping obscures lines of sight to the industry and commerce lurking nearby thus out of sight is out of mind. The pavilion was based on the ho o do phoenix hall of the byodo in temple in kyoto the phoenix emblem was a reference to chicago rising like the mythical firebird from the. If you look closely though the effect is evocative as seamless as a traditional haiku. The japanese garden aka garden of the phoenix is a treasured sanctuary in the belly of the urban beast of chicago.

Jackson park s japanese gardens were originally created during the 1893 world s columbian exposition with a garden and a japanese ho o den phoenix temple for the government of japan as a pavilion for the exposition. Note that the larger rocks are partially buried as if they have been in. The garden has been revitalized several times throughout the 1900s including a 1992 project that celebrated chicago s sister city relationship with osaka japan. In 1993 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of chicago s sister city relationship with osaka the japanese garden was renamed.