Japanese Garden

This guide to the Japanese Garden in Santiago starts with hanami, the Japanese ritual of pausing before cherry blossoms, and traces how the Chilean-Japanese community built a garden around it in the 1970s to mark a century of friendship between the two countries. You'll hear about architects Tadashi Asahi and Carmen Leissen, the 1979 cornerstone, and the royal visit that reopened the garden after renovation. It also covers the water mill and the stone lanterns along the paths, and the older Japanese custom behind why they were placed beside water in the first place.