Name: Ippakutei, Embassy of Japan    Alternate Name:   Address: 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW  Mailing Address:   City: Washington  State: Washington DC  Postal Code: 20008  Country: UNITED STATES  Latitude/Longitude: lat=38.915808; long=-77.056008 Find Gardens Nearby Weather:   Phone: +1.202.238.6700  Fax: +1.202.328.2187  E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: 1960  Public/Private: PRIVATE  Hours: By appointment only. All Federal and some Japanese holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's  Admission: No admission fee  Added to JGarden: 1/1/1999  Last Updated: 4/3/2003  JGarden Description: The Japanese Embassy used to give private tours of its small garden and tea-house, as well as the Old Ambassador's Residence, but these are apparently no longer available. The tea-house is situated in a gravel-and-moss garden styled after the famous Kyoto garden, Ryoanji. It is surrounded by cherry trees, which also line the walk to the garden. 1 acre

The grasshopper Shoulders his whiskers And sings.   Issa   trans. R.H. Blyth