Nishiyama Gate Entrance
The Nishiyama Japanese Garden at Everett Community College represents a
compressed world of mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, meadows and
village. Access to the garden for self-guided tours is provided at no
charge on days when EvCC classes are in session and on special
occasions.
The garden has eleven primary elements, each with a quiet message of its
own. These include entry gate, entry area, waterfall, stream, tea
garden, rock garden, Tsubo garden, side gate, stone bridge, earthen
bridge, Iwakuni wooden bridge, and stucco masonry wall with tiled roof
enclosing the entire garden site.
The centerpiece of the garden is the "Iwakuni" footbridge made of
wood salvaged from the famous landmark Kintai Bridge located in
Everett’s Sister City - Iwakuni, Japan. The 330-year old Kintai Bridge
is rebuilt periodically to maintain the integrity of the structure. In
celebration of the 40th anniversary of the sister-city relationship
between The City of Everett and Iwakuni City, lumber from the 2001-2003
bridge reconstruction project was fashioned into a smaller bridge and
donated to the college’s garden project.
The bridge was shipped from Iwakuni in pieces via container to
Everett in late May 2003. Four carpenters from Iwakuni followed the
bridge to Everett and assembled it over a five-day period using
traditional Japanese bridge construction techniques. The same carpenters
were also involved with the reconstruction of the larger Kintai Bridge
in Japan. Kumetsugu Ebisaki, chief carpenter on the bridge project, is
the eleventh generation of his family to work on the Kintai Bridge. The
nails, spikes and bolts used in the bridge were made by the only artisan
in Japan making them today and are guaranteed to last 1,000 years. The
bridge is made of Hinoke cypress, Japanese pine, zelkova wood, and
others.
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1 comments:
Nice site! I am loving it!! Will come back again ??taking you feeds also, Thanks.
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