Past Events
MAY 2022
CHILDREN’S DAY FESTIVAL
KODOMO NO HI
Sunday, May 8, 2022
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Come celebrate with us the Japanese national holiday of Children’s Day at Yume Japanese Gardens.
Children's Day, or Kodomo no Hi, falls annually on May 5 when Japanese families celebrate the healthy growth and happiness of their children.
This year our Festival will coincide with Mother’s Day. What a wonderful way of celebrating moms and children all together.
The event will feature Taiko Drumming performance by Odaiko Sonora, Kamishibai ("paper play") storytelling, origami, ikebana for children, Japanese crafts, and much more!
Enjoy delicious octopus dumplings: the Takoyaki Balls Food Truck will be on site!!
Snacks/drinks will also be available for purchase.
The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 2 hour per time slot (10:00am-12:00pm OR 12:00pm-2:00pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors.
Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event. Admission Tickets: Adults: $18 - Members: $10 - Children: $6 - Children under 5: Free
APRIL 2022
TEA CEREMONY
Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm & 2:30 pm
The Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu (translated literally as “hot water for tea”), is a cherished ritual involving the preparation and presentation of powdered green tea in a highly stylized manner.
A host and a guest, wearing traditional Japanese kimono specific to the ceremony, will demonstrate how tea has been prepared, served, and enjoyed in Japan since the 12th century.
Tea will be served to participants adhering to current health and safety guidelines.
General admission: $25 per person (includes Gardens admission).
Member admission: $15
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
This is a limited admission event to guarantee social distancing to our guests.
WORKSHOP
Traditional Matcha Grinding/Tasting and Stone Lantern Walk
with Master Takaaki Saida
Saturday, April 9, 2022 - 10:30am-12:30pm
Famous fifth generation stone carver and artist, Takaaki Saida, is joining us all the way from Kyoto, Japan. The art of stone grinding tea was first brought over to Japan in the 12th century. Green tea leaves were ground into a fine powder, added to a bowl with hot water and whisked into a frothy cup of matcha.
This workshop is your chance to learn in depth about all forms of Japanese stone craftsmanship while touring the Gardens. This tour will include introductions on the hand chiseled stone lanterns often seen in Japanese Gardens as well as hand shaped stone mills used for matcha making.
Master Saida will demonstrate and introduce his hand hewn stone tea mill. Participants will have a chance to try using the stone mill on their own and grinding green tea leaves into extremely fine matcha powder.
Guests will use the resulting fresh matcha to drink a cup of tea as well as eat a traditional Japanese sweet while enjoying the Zen garden views.
Workshop Schedule:
- Introduction from Master Saida on the ancient art of stone carving in Japan.
- Strolling with a tour to discover and learn about stone lanterns in our Garden and in Japan.
- Experience Matcha (green tea) ground by Master Saida’s stone mill with a fresh cup of hand milled matcha and Japanese tea sweets.
- Q&A session with Master Saida
Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.
General Admission $30 includes lecture, tour, milling lesson, Tea hand ground by Master Saida's Japanese Stone Mill, tea sweet and Gardens Admission for the day.
About Mr. Takaaki Saida - The 5th Generation Stone Carver from Kyoto
Master Saida is the fifth-generation stone carver at Saida Stone Shop which has been engaged in stone processing and sculpture in Kameoka, Kyoto since its establishment in 1902. He uses a variety of traditional techniques unique to Kyoto that give his work a weathered feel. His stone art has been exhibited and demonstrated with stone lanterns in the U.S. and Italy where they were well received. He is actively expanding across cultures and borders to share the tradition and art of Japanese stone craftsmen.
RITES OF SPRING
A Butoh Performance
by Funhouse movement theater
April 7-9, 2022 from 6:15 pm to 8:30 pm
The symbolism of spring as a time of new beginnings, spans across time and cultures. It coincides with harvest rituals and ceremonies in which many act as one to support the continuity of life. Funhouse movement theater returns to Yume Gardens to take you on a celebration of harvest, myth, and ritual explored through the unique lens of butoh.
A contemporary, avant-garde performance art, butoh is a seamless blend of dance, theater, improvisation, and traditional Japanese performing arts. Butoh compels both performers and audience to investigate the primal, universal energies that connect us, and invites us to share an embodied experience of the collective unconscious.
Rites of Spring is directed by Lin Lucas and features Sabrina Geoffrion, Marquez Johnson, Karenne Koo, Lin Lucas, Sherry Mulholland, Keita Tsutsumi, and Cynthia Wasco with music by Calm Whale and traditional Japanese poetry read by Taylor Johnson. Visitors to this unique performance will encounter dancers dispersed throughout the refined splendor of the garden, each engaged in choreographed and improvisational communion with the sights, sounds, and sensations of the natural environment. Experience the wonder.
The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour per time slot (6:15pm-7:15pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors.
General Admission: $35
Members/Seniors/Students: $25
Children 3-15: $10
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
This is a limited admission event.
March 2022
A SAMURAI NIGHT AT THE GARDENS
An Interactive Samurai Performance and Movie Night
Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
In collaboration with the Japan Foundation LA, Yume Japanese Gardens is proud to present an evening of pure entertainment and excitement.
Join us in an interactive samurai show performed by Burai Productions, a Japanese Entertainment Group based in California, and learn about Japanese cultural traditions while getting firsthand experience of basic samurai movements, sword handling, and manner of speaking. You will be challenged in a sword fight performance as only seen in samurai movies. Paper “swords” will be provided for practice.
After this 40-minutes extravaganza, you will enjoy the movie "Uzumasa Limelight" (2014) which focuses on an aging background actor that specializes in being killed. The movie is in Japanese with English subtitles.
Samurai performance and movie screening will take place outdoors.
General Admission: $25, Children 3-15: $10. Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.
MUSIC OF DREAMS
An Evening of Japanese Flute
March 17-19, 2022 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson will host a very special art and music event, under the glowing light of a full moon, on March 17-19, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
‘Music of Dreams” features a shakuhachi, or Japanese bamboo flute, concert in a nightly scenery that glorifies the gardens. The evocative notes of the flute will accompany your moon gazing and leisurely walk along the paths illuminated by lanterns and candlelight.
An exceptional Photo Exhibit by Kate Breakey, from her series "Moon Song", will be on display during those three nights. The artistry of the photographer, who has skillfully caught different phases of the moon with her camera, will seem to pay due tribute to the real thing shining in all its beauty up in the night sky.
Japanese Brush Calligraphy Art by Encolor LLC.
General Admission: $25, Children 3-15: $10.
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
This is a limited admission event.
February 2022
2022 Spring Ikebana Festival
February 24 through March 6, 2022
The Ikebana Festival will announce the arrival of spring at Yume Japanese Gardens with a wide array of colorful floral arrangements displayed in original vases throughout the Gardens ground.
Ikebana, also known as “the Way of the Flowers", is the meditative art of Japanese floral arrangements, and its ideals embody the essence of taste, beauty, and oneness with nature. Ikebana uniquely emphasizes shape, line, and form by giving equal weight to the branches, stems, and leaves of a plant rather than merely arranging its blooms. Classical Ikebana dates to the 15th century and successor schools have emerged since. In all of them, deep-rooted design rules and a Zen-like discipline subtly harmonize nature and the hand of the arranger.
During our annual Spring Ikebana Festival, traditional to contemporary artworks will be presented by local artists and will show the interesting variation in techniques and styles of five major Ikebana schools.
Timed admission tickets, purchased online, are required for entry.
General admission: $17 adults - Children under 15: $5 - Members: $10
Evenings at Yume
February 17-19, 2022 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Join us on February 17, 18, and 19 when Yume puts on its most beautiful luminous garments. The stroll through the glowing lights of lanterns and candles is absolutely magical.
On this occasion, Master Bill Savary and the Arizona Kyudo Kai, an association here in Tucson dedicated to the art of kyudo (the ancient art of Japanese archery), will perform a kyudo demonstration for your enjoyment. Kyudo, in Japanese, means “the Way of the Bow”.
Also, sculptural Ikebana floral arrangements will be on display in the illuminated gardens, to add to the enchantment.
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
This is a limited admission event.
Admission Tickets: Adults: $18 - Children (age 3-15): $5
TEA CEREMONY
Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm
The Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu (translated literally as “hot water for tea”), is a cherished ritual involving the preparation and presentation of powdered green tea in a highly stylized manner.
A host and a guest, wearing traditional Japanese kimono specific to the ceremony, will demonstrate how tea has been prepared, served, and enjoyed in Japan since the 12th century.
Tea will be served to participants adhering to current health and safety guidelines.
General admission: $25 per person (includes Gardens admission).
Member admission: $15
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
This is a limited admission event to guarantee social distancing to our guests.
January 2022
“Photograms”
An Exhibit by Kate Breakey
January 27 - May 29, 2022
Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson presents an exhibition by acclaimed Artist, Kate Breakey.
Photograms, or 'photogenic drawings’, are the earliest form of photography, a process invented by Henry Fox Talbot. The images are made without a camera; subjects are simply placed on light sensitive paper and exposed to light resulting in a negative shadow with variation in tone according to the transparency of the object. Specimens used in this process include beautiful natural living organisms such as plants, insects, and animals. Their ghostly imprint, a permanent record of their brief existence on this earth. These are part of Breakey’s larger series ‘Las Sombras/The Shadows’ spanning 10 years, in which time she recorded hundreds of plants and creatures as part of her ongoing fascination with the natural world.
Also in this exhibition are ‘Orotones’ - photographs printed on the back of glass and gilded with hand-applied gold-leaf. Breakey was inspired by this early 20th century photographic process popularized by among others, American photographer, Edward Curtis. However a similar process, ‘Maki-e’ (gold lacquer) Photography had been invented earlier in the late 19th century by Hanbeh Mizuno in Japan.
Artwork courtesy of the artist and Etherton Gallery.
Free admission to the Exhibit!
KEN KOSHIO - A Taiko Drumming Performance at the Gardens
Saturday, January 8, 2022 - 4pm-6pm
Ken Koshio is a multi-faceted artist who specializes in Taiko, the ancient art form of Japanese drumming. He is also a Japanese folk artist, a singer and a songwriter. The mission of Ken Koshio is to resonate with all individuals and all things in the universe, using the rhythm of taiko to co-exist in the universe through the synergy of our human heartbeats. He pursues a peaceful world while transcending borders through the healing power of ancient sounds and music.
Taiko has been a part of the Japanese culture for many centuries, but as an ensemble Taiko performance appeared only in the ’50s.
Visitors to this unique performance will experience the heartbeat of the Earth!
The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour and per time slot (4pm-5pm OR 5pm-6pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors. This is a limited admission event.
Ticket prices: general admission $25 – members $18 – children 3-15 $10.
December 2021
FUROSHIKI
A Japanese-style Gift Wrapping Workshop
with Miki Pimienta
Saturday, December 4, 2021
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Just in time for the holidays! Come learn how to wrap your gifts in a Japanese-style with traditional fabric furoshiki.
Price: $25 - all materials included (does not include Gardens admission)
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
This is a limited admission event to guarantee social distancing to our guests.
TEA CEREMONY
A Demonstration
Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm
The Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu (translated literally as “hot water for tea”), is a cherished ritual involving the preparation and presentation of powdered green tea in a highly stylized manner.
A host and a guest, wearing traditional Japanese kimono specific to the ceremony, will demonstrate how tea has been prepared, served, and enjoyed in Japan since the 12th century.
We advise that tea won't be served to our audience due to Covid-19 restrictions.
General admission: $20 per person (includes Gardens admission).
Member admission: $5
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
This is a limited admission event to guarantee social distancing to our guests.
November 2021
TRANCEfigurations: A Butoh Meditation
November 11-12-13, 2021 from 6:15pm to 8:30pm
Yume Japanese Gardens is proud to present, TRANCEfigurations, a meditative butoh experience presented by Funhouse movement theater, directed by Lin Lucas and featuring, Sherry Mulholland, Margaret Evans, Sabrina Geoffrion, Karenne Koo, Keita Tsutsumi, and Lin Lucas. Poetry by Araceli Montano, Taylor Johnson, Angelique Galaz with musical soundscape by Calm Whale. Visitors to this unique performance will encounter dancers dispersed throughout the refined splendor of the garden, each engaged in improvisational communion with the sights, sounds, and sensations of the natural environment. Feel the wonder.
A contemporary, avant-garde performance art, butoh is the product of the tumultuous, post-war Japanese experience. A seamless blend of dance, theater, improvisation, German Expressionist dance, and traditional Japanese performing arts, butoh compels both performers and spectators to investigate primal ideas, emotions, and energies bringing the collective unconscious into the light.
The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour per time slot (6:15pm-7:15pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors. This is a limited admission event.
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
General admission: $35
Member admission: $25
October 2021
Fall Ikebana Festival
October 21-24/28-31, 2021 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Our seasonal Ikebana Festival is back!!!
Enjoy dozens of signature floral compositions highlighting the wide breadth of flower arrangement styles in Japan’s most distinctive art form.
General admission: $16 adults - Children under 15: $5 - Members: $10
Includes entry to the entire Gardens.
Advanced ticket purchase is required.
Kimono Monogatari - “Kimono Tales”
October 15, 2021 through January 23, 2022
A selection of valuable vintage and modern kimono from Yume’s collections will be on display at the Gardens from October 15th, 2021 through January 23rd, 2022 (extended).
Kimono, the iconic traditional Japanese robe, so easily definable by its simple straight seamed “T” shape, shows remarkable complexity in its craftsmanship, extreme versatility in its use, and dynamic ways of adapting to the evolution of taste and society.
Ever since its origins, the kimono (着物, literally translated in English as ‘thing to wear’) has been a blank canvas for the decorator to create a wearable piece of art.
The Kimono Monogatari – “Kimono Tales” exhibit will showcase stories weaved, embroidered, and dyed over a variety of vivid textiles, revealing the exceptional skills and aesthetic values of artists in the last century.
Advanced ticket reservation is required.
Free for Members and with Gardens admission (non-Members).
May 2021
Evenings at Yume
May 7-8, 2021 - 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us for our last evenings of the season when Yume puts on its most beautiful luminous garments.
The stroll through the glowing lights of lanterns and candles is absolutely magical.
Paul Amiel of Tucson's Empty Bamboo Shakuhachi Circle will perform evocative music on the harp and on the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) for an evening to remember.
On this occasion, Yume’s “The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō” Exhibit will be open to the public.
The participation in this event will be scheduled in two 1-hour time slots (6:30pm-7:30pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors.
Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.
Admission Tickets: Adults: $16 - Members: $10
Children age 3-15: $5
Ukiyo-e Exhibit
THE 53 STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO
by Utagawa Hiroshige
From March 25 through May 9, 2021
An exhibition showcasing reproductions of the complete series of Hiroshige's The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō will be on view at Yume Japanese Gardens from the end of March through May.
Iconic Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the great masters of the Japanese landscape woodblock print. Between 1833 and 1834, he produced a series of prints illustrating the travelers' main stopping points along the imperial road called the Tōkaidō ("the Eastern Sea Road"), which connected the Shogun’s administrative capital in Edo (modern Tōkyō) with the emperor’s palace in Kyōto.
By Hiroshige’s time, the road was a popular scenic route, marked by many temples, shrines, shops, and inns, which he made famous through his prints.
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō series is a timeless masterpiece of vibrant scenes representing daimyō's (noble feudal lord's) lifestyle, realistic images of ordinary people's daily life, and seasonal landscapes.
These prints served as travel souvenirs and guide book, as well as advertisement to would-be travelers.
Free for members and with regular Gardens admission.
Children's Day Festival
Kodomo no Hi - こどもの日
Sunday, May 2, 2021 - 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join us to celebrate the Japanese national holiday of Children’s Day at Yume Gardens.
Children's Day falls annually on May 5 when Japanese families celebrate the healthy growth and happiness of their children.
The event will feature Taiko Drum performance by Ken Koshio (Taiko drumming, Folk music artist and singer/songwriter), kamishibai storytelling, origami, fan (uchiwa)/lantern painting, and much more!
Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase
Admission Tickets: Adults: $15 - Members: $10
Children: $5 - Children under 5: : free
The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 2 hour per time slot (10:00am-12:00pm OR 12:00pm-2:00pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors.
Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.
All guests will have a chance to win a free face mask with a winning design from the MASK UP 2020 Contest, courtesy of CGP - Japan Foundation (while supplies last).
April 2021
Poetry Stones - by Funhouse movement theater
April 8-10, 2021 at 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm
Join us for Poetry Stones, an exploration of form, movement, and spirit, performed by Funhouse movement theater, directed by Lin Lucas, and featuring visiting artist, Joan Laage, a Northwest butoh pioneer and student of butoh masters Kazuo Ohno and Yoko Ashikawa.
A contemporary, avant-garde performance art, butoh (舞踏, Butō) is the product of the tumultuous, post-war Japanese experience. A seamless blend of dance, theater, improvisation, German Expressionist dance, and traditional Japanese performing arts, butoh compels both performers and spectators to investigate primal ideas, emotions, and energies bringing the collective unconscious into the light.
Visitors to this unique butoh performance will encounter dancers and musicians dispersed throughout the refined splendor of the garden, each engaged in improvisational communion with the sights, sounds, and sensations of the natural environment. Prepare to be moved.
The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour per time slot (6:30pm-7:30pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors. This is a limited admission event.
General admission: $25
Member admission: $18
March 2021
ART TALK: UKIYO-E: JAPANESE WOODCUT PRINTS OF A FLOATING WORLD
In collaboration with the Tucson Museum of Art
Sunday, March 28, 2021, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Presented by Adrienne O’Hare
Ukiyo-e are “Pictures of The Floating World,” an evanescent world, a world of fleeting beauty, divorced from the responsibilities of the mundane, everyday life; a hedonistic world of Kabuki actors, courtesans and geisha.
Free for members and with regular Gardens admission.
Limited attendance event. Reservations are required.
Spring Ikebana Festival
March 11-14/18-21, 2021 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Ikebana, also known as “the Way of the Flowers", is the meditative art of Japanese floral arrangements, and its ideals embody the essence of taste, beauty, and oneness with nature. During our annual Spring Ikebana Festival, traditional to contemporary artworks will be presented by local artists and will show the interesting variation in techniques and styles of the different Ikebana schools.
Timed-slotted tickets (slots available every two/three hours). Last admission at 3:30 pm.
General admission: $15 adults - Children under 15: $5 - Members: $10
Girls’ Day Doll Exhibit
From February 25 through March 7, 2021
Honoring daughters on Girls’ Day in early March, Japanese parents display handcrafted miniatures of the Emperor and Empress and retainers in the sumptuous court robes of 1,000 years ago. Our colorful dolls - more than a century old - will amaze you with their elaborate details.
Free for members and with regular Gardens admission.
February 2021
Evenings at Yume
Lights on the Magical World of Ukiyo-e
February 25-27, 2021 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Our enchanting Evenings at Yume are back!
Come and discover the magical world of Ukiyo-e, “Paintings of the Floating Worlds", while strolling Yume’s paths after dark. Projections of many of these famous prints will be shown all around the Gardens and will animate the nights.
The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour per time slot (6:30pm-7:30pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors. This is a limited admission event.
General admission: $16 adults - Children under 15: $5 - Members: $10
December 2020
Puppet Show
Issun Boshi - “Little One-Inch”
December 13, 2020 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm / from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Tiny though you be, you can still realize big dreams, including finding lasting love. So learns Issun-boshi, diminutive hero of the charming Japanese fairytale “Little One-Inch.”
As his name indicates, Little One-Inch’s stature is minature. But his adventures are grand, and so is his eventual bliss: he plies a rice bowl as a boat and uses a chopstick as an oar, wields a needle to valiantly defend a lovely princess against a huge ogre, and wins her grateful heart and hand in a happily-ever-after marriage.
“Little One-Inch” will be staged by The Red Herring Puppets. Lisa Sturz, artistic director of the company, is an Emmy award-winning puppeteer who has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering, PBS, NBC, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. With her fellow puppeteers, she brings this centuries-old Japanese coming-of-age story to memorable, colorful life.
General admission: $16 adults
Children age 3 to 15: $10
Tickets include admission to the Gardens
Advance purchase required - Audience limited to a maximum of 10 persons per show
夢の音楽 - Music of Dreams (postponed)
An Evening of Japanese Flute
December 5, 2020 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Paul Amiel of Tucson's Empty Bamboo Shakuhachi Circle performs evocative music on the shakuhachi, or Japanese bamboo flute.
General admission: $25 - advance purchase required.
Audience limited to a maximum of 20 persons.
October-November 2020
Fall Ikebana Festival
November 19-22/27-29, 2020 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Enjoy dozens of signature floral compositions highlighting the wide breadth of flower arrangement styles in Japan’s most distinctive art form.
General admission: $16 adults - Children under 15: $5 - Members: $10
Includes entry to the entire Gardens.
Meditation Drumming
November 19, 2020 from 9:30 am to 10:00 am
Sonya Evans and Odaiko Sonora are pleased to join Yume Japanese Gardens for Meditation Drumming. Attendees are welcome to observe, listen or join in the drumming as their spirit moves them. Bachi (drumsticks) will be provided for anyone who wishes to participate.
General admission: $16 adults - Members: $5
Includes entry to the entire Gardens. Audience limited to a maximum of 10 persons.
Evenings at Yume
Obon Floating Lanterns
November 12-14, 2020 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Be bewitched by the glow of lanterns and candlelight and by haunting recorded Japanese folk melodies played on traditional instruments as you stroll Yume’s paths after dark. Purchase at the door a floating lantern and launch it on our koi pond, an Obon offering to honor your departed with radiant memory.
The participation at this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour per time slot (6:30pm-7:30pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors. This is a limited admission event.
General admission: $16 adults - Children under 15: $5 - Members: $10
Senbazuru Exhibition
From October 15 through November 15, 2020
Marvel at 1,000 Cranes, 1,000 Dreams, our first exhibition of the new season.
An outdoor display of 1,000 colorful origami cranes made from folded paper and donated by Yume’s members and others in our community, it draws on the Japanese tradition of Senbazuru, which holds that those who devote time and effort to make origami cranes are granted their most heartfelt wishes.
Cranes will be flying from stone lanterns to stone water basins, perching on boulders and flocking on bamboo gates and fences!
Free for members and with regular Gardens admission.
March 2020
Tea Ceremony
March 1 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
A cherished artistic and spiritual ritual of Japan, performed by a kimono-clad master of “The Way of Tea.” Cost: $25 per person includes Gardens admission. Members of Yume pay only $15.
Therapeutic Wellness Walk Introductory Session
March 1 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Introduction to the Therapeutic Wellness Walk program. 1.5 hour-long group meeting with a trained guide who explains the program and teaches how to use the guidebook. $150 for the introduction, a 3-month membership to Yume, and a guidebook. For more information and to register, click here or on the “Programs” tab on the menu at the top of the website.
Intro to Forest Bathing – A Workshop
March 2 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Forest Bathing or the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku is the healing way of simply ‘being’ in nature by taking in the forest through one’s senses, a practice that restores health and well-being to the participant - A way to calm the mind and the spirit. Research has shown many benefits of spending time in nature including, lowering stress, reducing blood pressure, improved concentration, and increased energy. Dr. Lee Ann Woolery, ecologist, artist and resident of the Sonoran Desert, has developed…
Therapeutic Wellness Walk Introductory Session
March 4 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Introduction to the Therapeutic Wellness Walk program. 1.5 hour-long group meeting with a trained guide who explains the program and teaches how to use the guidebook. $150 for the introduction, a 3-month membership to Yume, and a guidebook. For more information and to register, click here or on the “Programs” tab on the menu at the top of the website.
Intro to Forest Bathing – A Workshop
March 11 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Forest Bathing or the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku is the healing way of simply ‘being’ in nature by taking in the forest through one’s senses, a practice that restores health and well-being to the participant - A way to calm the mind and the spirit. Research has shown many benefits of spending time in nature including, lowering stress, reducing blood pressure, improved concentration, and increased energy. Dr. Lee Ann Woolery, ecologist, artist and resident of the Sonoran Desert, has developed…
Haiku Walk and Class
March 13 @ 1:00 pm
Yume is pleased to announce: A Haiku Writing Walk with award-winning haikuists Yukihiro Ibuki and Danny Bland Friday, March 13, 1 pm $25 ($18 for students; please call Yume for details) Space is limited, so click here to buy your ticket or call 520-303-3945 to reserve your spot A haiku writing walk is a time to observe, reflect on, and collect perceptions and images both of nature and life which are used in the appreciation and creation of haiku, the…
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
March 15 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com.
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
March 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com.
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
March 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com
February 2020
Girl’s Day Doll Exhibit
February 1
Honoring daughters on Girl's Day in early March, Japanese parents display handcrafted miniatures of the Emperor and Empress and retainers in the sumptuous court robes of 1,000 years ago. Our colorful dolls - more than a century old - will amaze you with their elaborate detail. On view in all their finery from February 1 to March 5.
Therapeutic Wellness Walk Introductory Session
February 5 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Introduction to the Therapeutic Wellness Walk program. 1.5 hour-long group meeting with a trained guide who explains the program and teaches how to use the guidebook. $150 for the introduction, a 3-month membership to Yume, and a guidebook. For more information and to register, click here or on the “Programs” tab on the menu at the top of the website.
Artist Reception: “Spirit of the Land – Paintings by Emily King”
February 7 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
A reception in our Art Gallery launches "Spirit of the Land - Paintings by Emily King." The exhibition explores the Japanese concept of tamashii — the way that Japanese culture is moved by the spirit of a place, a sight, or a being. The show runs until May 1, and all paintings are for sale. Yume's gardens and museum will NOT be open during this after-hours event.
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
February 9 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com.
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
February 11 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com.
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
February 11 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com.
Spring Ikebana Festival
February 20 @ 9:30 am - February 29 @ 4:30 pm
Enjoy dozens of signature floral compositions highlighting the wide breadth of flower arrangement styles in Japan’s most distinctive art form. Admission: $15 adults; $5 children under 15. Includes entry to the entire Gardens and museum.
Therapeutic Wellness Walk Introductory Session
February 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Introduction to the Therapeutic Wellness Walk program. 1.5 hour-long group meeting with a trained guide who explains the program and teaches how to use the guidebook. $150 for the introduction, a 3-month membership to Yume, and a guidebook. For more information and to register, click here or on the “Programs” tab on the menu at the top of the website.
January 2020
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
January 12 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com.
Discover Ikebana: Demonstration and Introduction
January 12 @ 1:00 pm
We will introduce the story and teachings of Ikebana from their beginnings in the 15th century, and demonstrate some of the basic arrangement methods that have emerged since, in different schools of this still-evolving tradition. This event illuminating the spirit of Ikebana and the skills to practice is free with regular Gardens admission.
Ikenobo Ikebana Class
January 14 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Originating in the 15th century, Ikenobo is the oldest school of traditional Japanese flower arranging, and its floral compositions are the most classical. Please see special enrollment and fee information on the Programs page of our website. Advance registration is required; write yume.gardens@gmail.com.
Therapeutic Wellness Walk Introductory Session
January 15 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Introduction to the Therapeutic Wellness Walk program. 1.5 hour-long group meeting with a trained guide who explains the program and teaches how to use the guidebook. $150 for the introduction, a 3-month membership to Yume, and a guidebook. For more information and to register, click on the “Programs” tab on the menu at the top of the website.
Therapeutic Wellness Walk Introductory Session
January 25 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Introduction to the Therapeutic Wellness Walk program. 1.5 hour-long group meeting with a trained guide who explains the program and teaches how to use the guidebook. $150 for the introduction, a 3-month membership to Yume, and a guidebook. For more information and to register, click on the “Programs” tab on the menu at the top of the website.
Japanese Archery Ceremony
January 26 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Once a battlefield skill of samurai, shooting the Japanese bamboo bow is now a discipline for both body and mind, simultaneously competitive and meditative. See members of Arizona Kyudo Kai draw their nearly 8-foot-long bows and let shafts fly. Admission: $16 adults, $5 children 3-15; includes Gardens entry. Free for members of the Gardens.
December 2019
Kadomatsu Demonstration and Workshop
December 14, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will demonstrate how to make traditional Japanese holiday arrangements, made with bamboo and pine, called kadomatsu. In Japan, these arrangements flank the entrances of homes and shops in pairs to welcome ancestral spirits and to assure prosperity in the New Year. After the demonstration, there will be a workshop where you can make your own small kadomatsu decoration to take home. Saturday, December 14 11:00 am: Demonstration - free with regular Gardens admission 1:00 pm: Make your own kadomatsu workshop…
Tea Ceremony
December 1, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
A cherished artistic and spiritual ritual of Japan, performed by a kimono-clad master of “The Way of Tea.” Cost: $25 per person includes Gardens admission. Members of Yume pay only $15.
Tea Ceremony
December 1, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A cherished artistic and spiritual ritual of Japan, performed by a kimono-clad master of “The Way of Tea.” Cost: $25 per person includes Gardens admission. Members of Yume pay only $15.