SEATTLE JAPANESE GARDEN'S OLD GATE LOST AND FOUND

I heard things might be getting started so I went and took a look.

Indeed, a payloader is always a good sign of things about to happen.

On closer look, the gate was gone. Very carefully removed. Wonder where it went.

Alterted by an email from Mary Nagen that it was at Kubota Garden,  I went to see.

Sure enough, there it was, propped up in the maintenance yard. The friendly staff said they aren't quit sure what they are going to do with it, but glad to have it there.

>Here is a view we hardly ever saw, as the sides were buired in plant material in the old location.

And here is a closer look at the nice Kanshu-ji style stone lantern, seemingly also awaiting a home in the Kubota Garden.