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The City of Miami and
landscape architect Lester Collins Pancoast and
architect Thorn Grafton worked cooperatively with the
Japanese Consul and The Friends of the Japanese Garden
to redesign and reconstruct the Ichimura Miami-Japan
Garden.
The City-owned land will re-open as a public park with
specialized amenities and programming. The Garden will
be open during the day for public gathering, classes,
cultural exchange and passive enjoyment. Special events
may be scheduled in the evenings on request. Seasonal
festivals and holidays from the Japanese calendar will
be celebrated as garden-related events.
History of the Garden
In the 1950's, Mr. Kiyoshi Ichimura became enamored with
the City of Miami and began sending dismantled objects
and materials from Tokyo along with carpenters,
gardeners and a landscape architect to design and
construct, what in 1961 would become, the "San-Ai-An
Japanese Garden."
A charitable fund has been established at the Dade
Community Foundation to support the completion of this
project.
Dade Community Foundation
200 South Biscayne Boulevard Suite 505
Miami, FL 33131-2343
Telephone: 305-371-2711 Fax: 305-371-5342
For further information on the Japanese Garden, please
contact:
Kevin M. Kirwin
Director of Parks and Recreation
Department of Parks and Recreation
(305) 416-1320
kkirwin@miamigov.com
Special thanks to the following agencies and
organizations for supporting the reconstruction of the
Japanese Garden and funding the creation of an
interpretive trail at the redesigned garden.
State of
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Consulate General of Japan in Miami
Commemorative
Association for the Japan World Exposition
(1970)
Parrot
Jungle Island
Miami-Dade
County Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond
Miami-Dade
County Department of Cultural Affairs
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