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Shofuso Japanese House and Garden

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Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Phone:
+1 215-878-5097

Hours:
Sunday11am - 5pm
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday11am - 5pm


Shofuso , also known as Japanese House and Garden, is a traditional 17th century-style Japanese house and garden located in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park on the site of the Centennial Exposition of 1876. Shofuso is a nonprofit historic site with over 30,000 visitors each year and is open to the public for visitation and group tours. Shofuso was built in 1953 as a gift from Japan to American citizens, to symbolize post-war peace and friendship between the two countries. The building was constructed using traditional Japanese techniques and materials imported from Japan, and was originally exhibited in the courtyard of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After two years, it was relocated to Philadelphia and reconstructed in 1958. In 1976, a major restoration was conducted by a cadre of Japanese artisans in preparation for the American Bicentennial celebration. In 2007, contemporary Nihonga artist Hiroshi Senju created and donated an interior installation of twenty waterfall murals, creating an elegant combination of contemporary Japanese painting in traditional architecture with sixty years of patina. Shofuso is owned by the city of Philadelphia and is administered, maintained, preserved, and operated by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia.
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