URL:   http://japgarden.hut.ru/  Name: Moscow Japanese Garden    Alternate Name:   Address: Vladykino  Mailing Address:   City: Moscow  State: Moscow  Postal Code:   Country: RUSSIA  Latitude/Longitude: lat=55.85; long=37.6 Find Gardens Nearby Phone: 977-84-36 or 977-92-66  Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): Ken Nakajima  Construction Period: -   Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: End of April to October 15, daily except Mon and Thurs, noon - 6pm; Saturday and Sunday, noon - 8pm.  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 12/10/2004  Last Updated: 12/10/2004  Sources: http://japgarden.hut.ru/  JGarden Description: The Moscow Japanese Garden was constructed from 1983 - 1987 under the direction of Ken Nakajima with assistance from architect Adachi Takeo and Watanabe Construction with financial support from the Embassy of Japan in Moscow and the 1970 Expo Memorial Foundation. The garden includes waterfalls, ponds, pavalions, a stone pagoda, stone lanterns (including, of course, a yukimi-doro). The site hosts more than 100 plant varieties, many of which were brought from Hokkaido, where the climate resembles that of Moscow. They include: irises, sakura, David's elm, Japanese rhododendron, momoji maple and many others. The garden is open from the end April to October 15. The garden is located at the Vladykino Metro station (Gray or #8 line) on the north end of Moscow.

The spring rain Which hangs to the branches Of the green willow Looks like pearls Threaded on a string.   Lady Ise   Kokinshû(?)   trans. by Arthur Waley   9th century