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Kubota Garden

Kubota Garden is a unique urban refuge created through the vision, effort and commitment by the Kubota family. The garden started in 1927 when Fujitaro Kubota, a Japanese immigrant, bought five acres of logged-off swampland in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle and began his garden to help his nursery business and offer a gathering place for the neighborhood.

Now owned and maintained by the City of Seattle, this 20-acre garden is open year-round and is free to the public. Dedicated volunteers offer free tours and events that are particularly popular in the spring and fall, when over 100 species of Japanese maples are displaying their color.

Kubota Garden
9817 56^th Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98118

Website: kubotagarden.org

Japanese gardens are fundamentally different from other traditional gardens in that they are designed to be spaces for contemplation, spirituality and healing.

Kentaro Kojima, Stone Sculpter

Kubota's important contribution of melding Japanese forms and concepts with Pacific Northwest plants and living patterns is unique.

David Streatfield, UW Professor Emeritus, Landscape Architecture

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