This week we visited a Japanese garden called Yuusentei.

It was a lovely sunny day, and the garden was green and beautiful.

We were very lucky to see two couples having their wedding photos taken at the gardens!

The brides were beautiful and it was nice to see them all dressed up in their lovely kimonos.

The walk around the garden was very peaceful, and we could hear the relaxing sound of the waterfall from all around the garden.

Hirose Sensei bought us some food to feed to the koi in the large pond.

You could get right up close to them, and a couple of the girls even patted them!

It was all fun until the fish made a big splash and Jessica got all wet…twice!

It was very funny.

After walking around the gardens we enjoyed a tea ceremony.

We didn’t actually get to see the green tea being made, but we practiced the words and rules of drinking tea at a tea ceremony, while overlooking the beautiful garden.

It was a wonderful and relaxing day!

——Susan