Our mission at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is to engage a diverse audience by presenting Japanese cultural experiences that educate and inspire.

In 1904, Jo Sakai, a recent graduate of New York University, returned to his homeland of Miyazu, Japan, to organize a group of pioneering farmers and lead them to what is now northern Boca Raton. With the help of the Model Land Company, a subsidiary of Henry Flagler’s East Coast Railroad, they formed a farming colony they named Yamato, an ancient name for Japan.

There is no single way to interpret the garden. While we provide some historical, technical and aesthetic explanations for elements of the garden, we hope that such information will enhance, not overshadow, your experience, which is ultimately one of personal insight, discovery and invigoration.

YAMATO.
This project seems to have a lot of meaning.
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Interesting - Yamato is very close to where I live and that is the same area where I see buildings with the Torii 's. I mean why would a dentist office be in a Japanese style building?- Many of the entrances to condos/apartments have the Torii Bridge at the entry. I will have to look on Google Earth and see if I can find anything else. Flagler is a main name here - and buildings are named after him. My step Daughter goes to Flagler College in St Augustine. St. Augustine Florida is another place where there is a lot of hidden history - I believe to be one of the oldest places in Florida. Mizner is another name that is seen throughout the Boca area.... now my interest is PEAKED.... will let you know if I find anything.

I took a look at the website. I was interested in why they solicited donations to build such a large Japanese garden and gallery.
I was looking at photos of Japanese gardens and found something I liked.
It says "Peace to the world" in Japanese.
I hope this is a wonderful project.
If you go to the Morikami Museum, please let me know what you think.😊.

世界に平和を。🌸🌸🌸

I plan on going soon and sorry for saying Bridge instead of Gate on my other post. Kinda crazy to have such a large land mass for this and I do not believe there are many Japanese people here in Boca. Boca is mostly comprised of fake Jews as I call them. They are very arrogant and entitled group. I have dealt with them through work and living in Boca for about 6 years. I have a feeling a big cover-up happened on the land where the Japanese gardens are located. If I didnt have to work today I would be running over there NOW !