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130 There was a short guide to the Nitobe Memorial Garden that was included in the entrance fee during my visit to Vancouver in 2012. In the guide, the symbology of the Japanese garden was explained and how different features of it might be interpreted. This particular garden could be seen as a symbolical walkContinue reading “Nitobe, Vancouver (ii)”

85 The Nitobe Memorial garden in Vancouver is a traditional Japanese garden, tucked in between a few ugly buildings and a small piece of forest with huge Douglas firs on the University of British Columbia campus. On a road nearby, there was quite a lot of traffic, but the moment I walked in through theContinue reading “Nitobe, Vancouver (i)”