Japanese Garden Pond
Yakima Area Arboretum
A Japanese maple in its brilliant fall colors and a stately boulder protrude over the Yakima Arboretum’s Japanese garden pond. Built in the late 1970’s, the Japanese garden has been the center piece of the arboretum. Guests use the garden as a background for wedding, celebration, and other photographs to record key moments of their respective lives. Besides enjoying the garden myself, I relish watching strollers slowly walking through the garden hand in hand as well as youngsters running merrily along the paths.