Celebrating at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. THE MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDENS CELEBRATING A RICH CENTURY OLD CONNECTION BETWEEN JAPAN AND SOUTH FLORIDA. JOINING ME NOW IS CARLA STANDS FOR THE CHIEF CURATOR. HEY, YOU\u2019VE GOT A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT THE MUSEUM. YOU\u2019VE GOT SOME AWESOME PROPS HERE. SO TELL US. TELL US WHAT WE\u2019RE TALKING ABOUT. MAY IS ALWAYS A BUSY MONTH FOR US. IT\u2019S, AS YOU WELL KNOW, ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH. AND WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE THAT AS BEST WE CAN. WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT EXHIBIT RIGHT NOW THAT IS CALLED COURAGE AND COMPASSION. IT\u2019S FROM THE GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER OUT IN LOS ANGELES, AND IT FEATURES JAPANESE EXPERIENCES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR TWO. AND WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN JAPAN AND SOUTH FLORIDA? WE GET THAT A LOT. PEOPLE COME TO OUR GARDENS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN FLORIDA? RIGHT? YES. AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO 1903. WE GO BACK TO JOE SAKAI. HE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO CAME FROM JAPAN. HE GRADUATED FROM NYU AND THEN BOUGHT SOME LAND IN FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO JOIN HIM AND FARM. THEY WERE TRYING TO CREATE SOME NEW AGRICULTURAL THINGS, INTRODUCED SOME TEA PERHAPS, OR SILKWORMS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT\u2019S A GOOD INTRODUCTION TO THIS IS A TEA SET, RIGHT? SO TELL US ABOUT THIS AWESOME PROP. I HOPE WE CAN GET A CLOSER LOOK AT IT. IT\u2019S LOVELY. IT\u2019S A TRAVELING TEA SET. OKAY. TEA IS A VERY FORMAL THING AND SOMETHING PEOPLE USUALLY ASSOCIATE WITH JAPAN, BUT IT HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR TEA ON THE GO. THIS WOULD BE THE MATCHA, THE POWDERED TEA THAT\u2019S QUITE POPULAR, VERY POPULAR. AND YOU WOULD SCOOP IT OUT WITH THIS LITTLE SCOOP. THEY\u2019RE OFTEN BAMBOO. AND I\u2019M GUESSING THIS IS NOT A BRUSH, WHICH I THOUGHT FOR SURE HAD TO BE A WHISK. OH, BEAUTIFUL. AND TEA CEREMONY. EVERYTHING HAS A REASON. EVERYTHING HAS A MEANING. SO THERE ARE 108 TINES FOR THE 108 SINS ASSOCIATED WITH BUDDHISM. WOW. AND SO YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR YOUR POWDERED TEA, WHISK IT. AND SO WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING? OR SHOULD THERE BE CUPS? OR ARE THERE CUPS? THIS IS THE BOWL, THE ONE YOU TAKE IT WITH TWO HANDS. DRINK. WOW. REALLY COOL. AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ARTIFACTS THAT YOU HAVE ON DISPLAY THAT YOU CAN SEE. AND THIS IS A TRAVELING EXHIBIT. SO THIS ISN\u2019T HERE FOREVER AND EVER. YOU GUYS HAVE THIS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A PART OF OUR PERMANENT OH, WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. 8000 OBJECTS IN THE COLLECTION THAT GO FROM 300 BC TO THE PRESENT. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MURAKAMI AND THE MOSAIC. YES. THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR PARTICIPATING. WE\u2019RE VERY EXCITED. AND WITH THAT, YOU CAN COME TO THE MUSEUM $2 OFF ON ADMISSION AND THEY WILL HAVE SOME SELFIE SPOTS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE\u2019RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, IT\u2019S ONE THING TO GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES, LEARN ABOUT OUR CONNECTIONS AND SEE THESE ARTIFACTS. BUT IT\u2019S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE TOO. IT\u2019S A GREAT PLACE. YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE SPOTS WHEN YOU HAVE VISITORS IN TOWN, PERHAPS PEOPLE ARE COMING. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SPOTS THAT IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT, IT\u2019S WORTH YOUR TIME. IT\u2019S REALLY MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE. THAT\u2019S WHAT WE TRY TO EMPHASIZE AT THE GARDEN. YES, IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT\u2019S ALSO FOR HEALING AND FOR, YOU KNOW, GETTING AWAY FROM OUR CRAZY BUSY LIVES THAT WE HAVE TODAY. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE TWO LITTLE ONES, EIGHT AND FOUR, AND THOUGHTS OF MAYBE COMING TO THE MUSEUM AS IS? ARE THERE THINGS FOR KIDS ON, ON SITE? ABSOLUTELY. ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE, OMICRON.ORG. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY FUN DAYS WHERE WE HAVE SPECIAL ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, GEARED TO THE CHILDREN. AND THOSE ARE VERY POPULAR AND GREAT THING TO INTRODUCE YOUR KIDS AT A YOUNG AGE. YES. SO, SO MUCH CULTURE HERE IN OUR AREA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS REALLY NEAT TO LOOK AT IT. AND YOU CAN SEE SO MANY MORE OF THESE AWESOME ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY. THERE\u2019S REALLY A LOT TO SEE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU\u2019D LIKE TO KNOW MORE, WE PUT A LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE. ALL THE AWESOME EVENTS HAPPENING IN MAY, WHICH IS VERY BUSY, AS YOU MENTIONED.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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