The Japanese Garden

Wooded Island's treasure is the Japanese Garden,
hearkening back to the Phoenix Pavilion
presented to Chicago in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition.
The Park District established the Japanese Garden in 1936.
Named to honor Osaka, Chicago's sister city,
the garden has been renovated, and rededicated.
On September 14-15, the annual Osaka Garden Festival was held there.
Activities included drumming, aikido demonstrations,
Maiko dance performance, storytelling, origami, kite-making,
mask-making, ikebana (flower-arranging),
sumi-e painting, and Japanese foods.
Here are some pictures of the new Japanese Garden and the Festival.

The Japanese Garden is hidden on the Wooded Island	It's behind the Museum of Science & Industry.	There are rocks and water and shrubs, artistically arranged
A Japanese bridge	and stone lanterns	and a larger and more dramatic waterfall
A large crowd came to watch the festival--	Taiko Drumming	Storytelling of folk tales
Miniature panoramas	Ikebana demonstration	Japanese martial arts with swords
Japanese restaurants fed the crowds.	Traditional Maiko dance	Aikido demonstration--Midwest Aikido Center --Even students are good.
It's the way of joining with the aggressor to defeat him.	It looks so simple!	How did he do that????
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