Shop Garden of the Phoenix - The Osaka Garden, on a mini art print for your home

This garden symbolizes the mutual respect and friendship that Japan and the United States initiated more than 120 years ago. In 1893, on Jackson Park's Wooded Island, the Japanese Government built the Ho-o-den [Phoenix Temple] as its pavilion for the World's Columbian Exposition. The Ho-o-den introduces Japan's artistic heritage to Americans and remained as a gift to Chicago after the fair ended. One of the garden's most beautiful features is the spring time blossoming of its cherry trees. These trees have been extended beyond the garden as well and can typically be seen in late April to early May blooming around Jackson Park's Columbia Basin.