On a recent trip to Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada, I discovered a small Japanese garden in the town of Minnedosa. I was surprised to find a traditional Japanese garden in such a small town in Western Canada. I had to go check it out.
Admittedly, I had a difficult time finding it (despite using my car's GPS). This is because the garden is tucked away behind the town's public library building. Once at the garden, here is what I found at the entrance:
The Minnedosa-Ishii Japanese Garden was dedicated 13 years ago in July 2008 to commemorate the relationship between Minnedosa and it's Japanese sister town of Ishii in the south of Japan. I'm not quite sure what the relationship is between Minnedosa and Ishii nor how this relationship was established. This isn't explained in any of the signage at the garden.
The garden is quite small - perhaps not much larger than a typical backyard. According to the Minnedosa town website, the garden was designed by a group of University of Manitoba students, who also put some labour into the project, along with some local volunteers. It does make a nice addition to the back of the public library building though and is no doubt lovely to look upon while in the calmness of the library.
Although it is a very small Japanese garden and didn't seem to be attracting many tourists, I am glad that I stopped here. It has a nice relaxing atmosphere and is a small and unexpected reminder of the friendship that exists between Canada and Japan.
Sometimes you find interesting things in the most unexpected of places.
最近カナダのマニトバ州にある乗馬山国立公園に行ったところ、ミネドーサの町に小さな日本庭園があるのを発見しました。カナダ西部の小さな町に、日本の伝統的な庭園を見つけて驚きました。私はそれをチェックしに行かなければならなかった。確かに、私はそれを見つけるのに苦労しました(私の車のGPSを使用しているにもかかわらず)。これは、庭が町の公共図書館の建物の後ろに隠れているためです。一度庭に着いたら、入り口で見つけたものは、ミネドーサと日本南部の石井の姉妹街であるミネドーサとの関係を記念して、13年前の2008年7月に奉献されました。ミネドーサと石井の関係が何であるか、この関係がどのように確立されたのかよく分かりません。これは庭の看板のいずれにも説明されていません。庭は非常に小さいです - おそらく典型的な裏庭よりもはるかに大きくはありません。ミネドーサの町のウェブサイトによると、庭は大学のグループによって設計されました.
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