Anderson Japanese Gardens
Anderson Japanese Gardens, Rockford, Illinois, is internationally renowned as one of the premier Japanese Gardens outside of Japan. Situated on a twelve acre site and comprised of an authentic Japanese pond-strolling garden, guest house, tea house, gazebo, stone lanterns, and waterfalls, as well as the Garden of Reflection, and a contemporary garden with a strong Japanese influence.
A Japanese Garden is designed to allow the visitor to reflect upon the tranquil beauty of nature. In doing so, one is led away from the stresses of everyday life. The serenity one feels in the garden instills a sense of calm and enables the visitor to commune with nature and thus one’s self.
The following video is a compilation of stills taken on a trip to the Gardens with my Mom, on 8/9/06. They are presented in the exact chronological order that they were shot, preserving each step of our journey on that day.
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I’m eating sushi to enhance my journey of relaxation.
I liked it. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing.
i work here
Just went yesterday. Beautiful. I can’t wait to return. It’s a 70 mile drive and I feel lucky that I’m even that close.
It’s a magical place. If I could build a home and landscape in any fashion, this would be it.
I went there last year in May… it was simply gorgeous
and I’m going there again on Monday with my Japanese class.
SO EXCITED!!
okazaki grounds owns!!
i’m looking at these pics and they make me feel like i’m looking at pics from when i went to japan haha, cool.
i’m looking at these pics and they make me feel like i’m looking at pics from when i went to japan haha, cool.
Luv this video
oh man I can’t wait ’till they open again in may, they were doing some constuction when I went there, I went like, a week before they were going to cloe down for winter so who knowswhat they might have this year it’s such a beautiful place, and the waterfall…I could stare at it for hours
Nicely done! good synch with the music/sound track. Thank-you.
me too. i was thinking japanese style through out my house. Check out my sims 2 japanese lots videos. maybe you can give me some ideas. Or something u like.
I like it it is very nice thank you
So zen standing in a garden drawing in the sand .
newart20, you said it
verry peaceful
No matter what kind of yard I have when I get my first house, it will be of Japanese-design, koi pond, zen garden, etc etc. Thank you for uploading
i love the koi!
i like it when people compare chicago to rockford.. almost every time they think rockford is the better… its sad that rockford has a higher poverty rate than chicago (22.5% for rockford, 21.3% for chicago) but it has a more beautiful scener y and we do more things for the poor and is more into volunteering. Rockford is just a nice, peaceful small city (its classified as a city).
I live almost across the street from there and Spring Creek. I go almost every month. Every single time it is a beautiful and enjoyable time. My mother works there also (I get a discount there.)
great!! i visited a japanese garden but it was smaller than one acre i think….
very beatiful gardens; you showed it so well. Whose –very nice–music is in the background? Thanks for sharing.
Rockford?! Who woulda thought! The Japanese garden area in the Chicago Bot Garden aren’t this nice. Thanks for posting such beautiful clear shots – you’re a good photographer.
Wow! It’s such a beautiful garden. If I could really be there right now with that music it would be so soothing. Although just seeing the pictures is just as calming.