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Treasures of SE Seattle #2 LbNA #62328

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 25, 2012
Location:
City:Seattle
County:King
State:Washington
Boxes:1
Planted by:Seattle5229
Found by: SnowFire
Last found:Mar 11, 2014
Status:F
Last edited:Jun 25, 2012
Background:
Kubota Garden consists of twenty acres of hills and valleys, streams, waterfalls, ponds and a rich and mature collection of plants. This beautiful garden was created by an immigrant from the Japanese island of Shikoku. In 1927, he bought five acres of logged-off swampland in SE Seattle. Over the years, his garden grew to the 20 acres It is today. In 1972 the Japanese Government awarded him with a rare honor, the Fifth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure, "for his achievements in his adopted country, for introducing and building respect for Japanese Gardening in this area."

In 1981, the American-Japanese Garden in Kubota Garden was declared to be a historical landmark by the City of Seattle, and in 1987, the city purchased the garden and converted it to a public park.

Directions:
Heading south on I-5, leave the freeway at Pacific Highway South/East Marginal Way, Exit 158. Turn left toward Martin Luther King, Jr. Way; continue up the hill on Ryan Way. Turn left on 51st Avenue South. Turn right on Renton Avenue South. Turn right on 55th Avenue South to parking lot.

Heading north on I-5, leave the freeway at Martin Luther King Jr., Exit 157. Stay on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. Turn right on Ryan Way. Turn left on 51st Avenue South. Turn right on Renton Avenue South. Turn right on 55th Avenue South to parking lot.

Instructions to find letter box:
• From the parking lot, enter the garden through the gate. Look through the viewing window in the large shrub to enjoy the beauty of this park.
• Then, like the cow in the famous nursery rhyme, you should “jump over the moon.” Once you’ve done that, continue down stone path and pass through an archway created by bushes.
• Turn left and walk down the gravel path for a few feet. On your right is a large rhododendron bush.
• Under the bush is a boulder. The letter box will be sitting on top of the boulder.