Kubota Garden

Kubota Garden
View towards the Kubota Garden gate.
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TypePublic Garden
LocationRainier Beach, Seattle
Coordinates47°30′45″N 122°16′00″W / 47.51250°N 122.26667°W / 47.51250; -122.26667
Area20 acres (81,000 m2)
Established1987; 37 years ago (1987)
FounderFujitaro Kubota
Websitekubotagarden.org/index.html

Kubota Garden is a 20-acre (81,000 m2) Japanese garden in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Stiffler, Lisa. "Savoring the delights of Japantown and the hands-on Kubota Gardens". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. April 9, 2008.
  2. ^ A Short History of the Kubota Garden Archived June 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine