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Members Discovery Program – Japanese Heritage Shōya House

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A view of a garden near a traditional Japanese home.

Past eventFri., April 19, 2024, 8:30–10:30 a.m.

Free with Registration | This event is for Supporting, Patron, and Benefactor Members.

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Frances Lasker Brody Botanical Center | Japanese Heritage Shōya House

Join Robert Hori, associate director of cultural programs, for a detailed look at preindustrial village life of 18th-century Japan.

Experience the 300-year-old cultural gem of rural Japanese life at this event for Members at the Supporting, Patron, and Benefactor levels.

Enjoy coffee, tea, and pastries starting at 8:30 a.m. followed by a 9 a.m. presentation. After, join us on a walk to the Japanese Heritage Shōya House and surrounding gardens.

Three people stand on a long gravel path that leads between open fields of plants, to a gatehouse.

A traditional Japanese home with a gravel courtyard on a sunny day.

Visitors stand at the front entrance courtyard of a traditional Japanese home.

View from inside a traditional Japanese home with tatami mats and sliding walls open to a private garden.

Rear view of a traditional Japanese home, with a gravel path and private garden.

A private garden courtyard at a traditional Japanese home.

Go to image 1: Three people stand on a long gravel path that leads between open fields of plants, to a gatehouse..

Go to image 2: A traditional Japanese home with a gravel courtyard on a sunny day..

Go to image 3: Visitors stand at the front entrance courtyard of a traditional Japanese home..

Go to image 4: View from inside a traditional Japanese home with tatami mats and sliding walls open to a private garden..

Go to image 5: Rear view of a traditional Japanese home, with a gravel path and private garden..

Go to image 6: A private garden courtyard at a traditional Japanese home..

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The gatehouse of the Japanese Heritage Shōya House. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Exterior view of the Japanese Heritage Shōya House. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Exterior view of the Japanese Heritage Shōya House. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Interior view of the Japanese Heritage Shōya House. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Exterior view of the Japanese Heritage Shōya House. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

View of the private garden at the Japanese Heritage Shōya House. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

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