Name: Laeken Japanese Garden    Alternate Name:   Address:   Mailing Address:   City: Brussels  State:   Postal Code:   Country: BELGIUM  Latitude/Longitude: lat=50.5; long=4.3333 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Construction Period: -   Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours:   Admission:   Added to JGarden: 10/1/2000  Last Updated: 10/1/2000  JGarden Description: Laeken District of Brussels near the Royal Palace glass houses

With the south wind a gentle goddess came. She soaked the bronze, she soaked the fountain, She soaked the swallow's belly and its feathers of gold. She hugged the tide, lapped the sand, drank the fish. Secretly she soaked the temple, the bath-house, the theatre, The confusion of her platinum lyre --   the tongue of the goddess -- secretly. Soaked my tongue.   Nishiwaki Junzaburô   trans. by Bownas and Thwaite   20th century