Sister City Kanazawa Delivers Three Japanese Garden Experts
Our Japanese Gardens are getting another needed boost this summer thanks to three professional garden experts* who will visit from Kanazawa (Sister City). Buffalo's Japanese Gardens are certainly one of our horticultural treasures. On April 27th, members of the community came together for a little spring-cleaning... now it's time to celebrate the gardens with a lecture series at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society and a champagne brunch at the Marcy Casino. Click here for complete itinerary for these June 22nd events along with RSVP links.
The image that coincides with this post was found on the Japan In Buffalo-Niagara website. Japan in Buffalo-Niagara is dedicated to keeping the community informed on Japanese-related events, organizations, etc. as they relate to the Western New York.
There is an amazing list of events on this site including the annual The Japanese Group of Buffalo's Cherry Blossom Picnic held at the Japanese Gardens, the Ikebana International (Buffalo Chapter #50), the Sunday Salon Series in the FLW Gardener's Cottage as well as a variety of lectures - see calendar of events.
Call 716-887-2921 for ticket information and directions for both the lecture and the champagne brunch.
*Mr. Akihide Uemura, Former President of the Ishikawa Prefecture Landscape Association; Mr. Hideaki Nakae, Managing Director of the Ishikawa Prefecture Landscape Association; and Mr. Makato Ura, Kanazawa City Gardener
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sbrof
After being to japan once it really is amazing to go and visit our little garden. I think this along with all of our sister city relationships are really amazing opportunities to market our city and to bring a world perspective here. The cheery blossoms were really nice this year although the trees looked a little worse for wear (October storm related?)
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SLEEPL8
sbrof...what type of Buffalo representations are in the Japanese sister city? maybe a "herd about buffalo" statue? maybe a pizza joint serving some good wings? or maybe just an old decrepit vacant neglected building with a statue of a homeless man urinating on the sidewalk?
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EricOak
SleepL8, Maybe you should take some of the tours of Buffalo this summer.
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SLEEPL8
I should. I feel like I only see the bad parts which has made me cynical. Is there a city in Japan that is somehow depicting Buffalo in public space or am I not understanding the "sister city" ? joking aside.
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sbrof
I don't know what Buffalo has, if anything, in Japan. I didn't get to see that city when I visited but hopefully there is something of an exchange. If not maybe we should think about something that could represent our city's american architectural legacy there. A small representation of City Hall or aspects of it. Since the design of it is heavily influenced by native american traditions and mythology mixed into and melded with our industrial heritage a column from the front could be an interesting piece to recreate for them. Who knows. There could be a lot of options but there are some amazing things and not everything is bad.
The news is horrible for creating these horrid perceptions of the city. I remember in high school having friends come to the city for the very first time in their lives and scared that everyone wanted to kill them and were utterly amazed that there were any businesses or restaurants at all. You know what you see. I encourage you to take any of the tours offered this summer. I am sure it might help to show a different side of the city than what makes the news.
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yxajvn
I have been to Kanazawa and it is a wonderful city that was not destroyed in World War II. They have preserved its historic neighborhoods and people actually live there! A very walkable city with a fabulous fish market and a slower pace than the larger cities.
It's main feature is its wonderous gardens, visited by thousands of Japanese each day. We should only welcome crowds like that! The gardens are at least the size of all of Delaware Park (including the golf course) and Forest Lawn combined.
There is a stone monument in a 'world park' in the city that honors Buffalo. Very tasteful and very respectfull to us.
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