The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden A Rare Chae to Enjoy the Sencha Tea Ceremony Sunday Sept 27, at 1 pm and 2 pm Sencha, “steeped tea,” is a method of tea drinking that evolved in China during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). After the collapse of the Ming, some Chinese Buddhist monks and scholars fled...
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Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena CA 91105 Special Hours for Open Day Enjoy the Garden in the Cool Hours of Twilight Sunday, August 30 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A Special Performance Tenri Gagaku Music 6:30 p.m. The word Gagaku means “Elegant Music” and is considered the oldest continuing music...
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Cultural News June 2015 By Meher McArthur Eighty years ago on a large estate in western Pasadena, Japanese landscape designer Kinzuchi Fujii had begun the construction of what was to become his masterwork, a large two-pond Japanese stroll garden with a 12-mat teahouse. Five years later, in 1940, the garden was completed to the...
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Dye artist and instructor Setsuko Hayashi held the indigo dying workshop for the Herb Garden docents at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm.
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The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena presents “Adventures in Onigiri” a hands-on rice ball making workshop for kids and adults by Japanese home-cooking instructor, Sonoko Sakai, at 2:30 pm on Open Day, April 26th. “Adventures in Onigiri” is a workshop to learn how to make healthy, cute, and delicious onigiri for snacking and...
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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens East Asian Garden Lecture Series Ahmanson Room, Brody Botanical Center Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public / No reservations required “Notes from a Kimono Sleeve: Women’s Education and Chanoyu” By Janet Ikeda, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia In today’s...
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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 58th Annual Bonsai Show at Brody Botanical Center March 28-March 29, 2015 Saturday–Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Discover the timeless appeal of an ancient horticultural art form as the California Bonsai Society presents its 58th annual show, featuring more than 100 beautiful specimens created by bonsai masters....
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Open Day Sunday, January 25 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena CA 91105 The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden is a beautiful, tranquil place during the winter and where else but Southern California does winter mean clear, warm days. That is the forecast for this Sunday, January...
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“Viewing stones” are small, natural rocks that may evoke an emotion depending on the viewer’s mood and life experience. The year of 2014 is a very special year for the members of California Aiseki Kai as present their 25th Annual Exhibition of viewing stones at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. Since...
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