A complete tour of the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego during Cherry Blossom season. The Japanese Friendship Garden is a twelve-acre Japanese garden located within Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The Japanese Friendship Garden is designed to present an atmosphere of elegant simplicity (shibui) and quiet beauty. The garden’s naturalistic design is guided by the original principles/techniques of the Japanese garden while incorporating elements of the regional San Diego landscape and climate; in terms of features, the garden is well known for its unique placement, sukiya-style buildings, koi ponds, and landscape exhibits.
The Japanese Friendship Garden also holds an annual Cherry Blossom Festival. During the festival, visitors encounter Japanese tradition of flower viewing or hanami including other traditional practices in the Japanese culture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego Introduction
00:37 Upper Garden
03:55 Path to Lower Garden
06:43 Lower Garden
07:53 Cherry Blossoms
10:41 Koi Pond
11:42 Gift Shop
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OMG how cute with your daughter & the watermelon 🍉 “twins”!
Sending to my daughter & her husband for Vacation options for the future!
Holy moly I need to visit this place 😳❤
I would love to visit. The Japanese garden in San Francisco was my favorite part of my trip there..
Great tips
Three days ago we just purchased the membership at "Descanso gardens" (also went to Huntington gardens not part of membership) which allows us into this Japanese and San Diego Botanical Gardens. The only reason we did it this way because of the crazy 90 mile rule at some of the gardens and we could apply the cost of Descanso. The roses should be in bloom soon too at Balboa Park.Gorgeous pictures of the blossoms Chris…loving your watermelon shirt
Awesome job chris drop a line
Love the Watermelon Shirt
Happy Easter
Looks like they need to make the paths one-way. Too many rude people walking two-abreast and not moving over so others can pass.
I always enjoy visiting the garden. There are certain days that if you live in San Diego, you can get in for free. I love your new watermelon lick.
🥰🫶 – Awwwww….
What a ssunny nice day!
This place seems to have more going on than the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden State Park.
Hi Chris. Wonderful day to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms. Worth the price of admission. Thanks for sharing and take care.
where's the yellow shirt?
Thanks for this, Chris! It brings back so many great memories of my trip to San Diego in January! I spent most of my trip at this garden taking part in a bunch of events and artisan demonstrations! What an amazing place! When did you film this video? When I was there at the end of January, the blossoms had already started to bloom. I wish I could have been there for the Wisteria blooming!
I’ve been to the Japanese garden at Huntington Library many times but didn’t know this one. I must visit soon. Thank you so much for this video.
You got lucky they’re so much in bloom…we were there on March 10th (my sons birthday) and they were only a little over 10% (still a lovely experience)
Iwas just there yesterday to see the cherry blossums in full bloom . 🌸🌸🌸😍👍🤗
Princess is very cute wearing watermelon dress and bag❤
Balboa Park is awesome!! Best model train museum anywhere !!!! And I'm lucky enough to have visited the Air and Space museum a dozen + times before the 78 fire…
Great video Chris 🎉🎉.
What a beautiful place! Thanks for the tour! YP4L!