Japanese Gardens in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle

Japanese Garden in Seattle, originally uploaded by pov_steve.

This is a beautiful Spring photo looking North in the Japanese Gardens in the Arboretum. If you go certain times of the year, you can participate in a Japanese Tea ritual and you can also buy a little bag of fish food for $1 and feed the huge koi.

We used to live in a mid-century modern home just West of the Arboretum, so we could walk down here whenever we wanted. The pond was full of turtles who would sun themselves on the lilypads, along with the huge bullfrogs. The neighborhoods adjacent to the Arboretum are full of beautiful homes and this is precious Seattle real estate around this area.