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Kubota Garden Foundation - Home. COVID-19 Kubota Garden update: The Garden is open. Please adhere to Seattle Parks and Recreation guidelines . Maintenance Alert: The Mountainside waterfall is off while the pump is being serviced.
Kubota Garden Foundation partners with SPR to enhance and protect the Garden and stay true to Fujitaro and Tom Kubota’s vision. What are the hours ? The Garden is open every day of the year from sunrise to sundown.
Hidden in South Seattle, Kubota Garden is a stunning 20 acre landscape that blends Japanese garden concepts with native Northwest plants. The city acquired the property, which is an historic landmark, in 1987 from the estate of master landscaper Fujitaro Kubota.
Kubota Garden is a 20-acre (81,000 m 2) Japanese garden in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. A public park since 1987, it was started in 1927 by Fujitaro Kubota, a Japanese emigrant. Today, it is maintained as a public park by the Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Kubota Garden Foundation.
A nice, spacious and free Japanese Garden to go to! The park is actually quite large and you can really get lost in it which is cool! Some parts of the park are manicured in traditional Japanese fashion which is great!
- 9817 55th Ave S Seattle, WA 98178
Kubota Garden is a 20-acre American-Japanese garden that was the vision of Japanese immigrant Fujitaro Kubota when he purchased the first 5-acres of logged off swampland in 1927. The garden grew to 20-acres and was developed concurrent with Kubota's landscaping business.
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May 2, 2023 · Kubota Garden is a rare, historic gem — a public, 20-acre, Japanese-style garden that has been admission-free since residents lobbied the city to purchase the garden in 1987. Over nearly 100 ...
Oct 17, 2023 · The Kubota Garden in Seattle is a nature-filled oasis. Visitors can enjoy the Moon Bridge, a Kasuga lantern, and a pond with koi and turtles.
Apr 4, 2024 · In the middle of Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood sits a 20-acre-historic Japanese garden begun over 95 years ago by a self-taught gardener. Filled with ancient trees and bubbling waterfalls, the Kubota Garden is an oasis that is free for the public to explore.
