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Get a first look or fresh perspective with this tour of the Japanese Gardens at Normandale Community College.
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One
thing
that's
characteristic
of
japanese
gardens
is
that
the
waterfalls
will
typically
have
what's
called
a
carp
stone
like
the
fish
and
that's
what
it's
supposed
to
resemble
is
a
big
carp
that
is
trying
to
jump
up
to
the
top
of
the
waterfall,
and
so
there's
a
folklore
that
if
the
carp
has
the
strength
to
jump
to
the
top
of
the
waterfall,
it
will
change
into
a
golden
dragon
over
the
course
of
73
to
76.
They
built
the
majority
of
it.
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If
you
look
at
the
dedication
picture
in
1976,
you'll
see
these
same
trees,
but
they
were
just
seedlings
watanabe's
design
prescribed
exactly
how
tall
you
should
let
the
tree
get
how
wide
you
should
let
its
canopy
spread,
and
only
the
trees
on
the
periphery
are
allowed
to
grow
to
their
full
height.
Most.
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Of
these
pine
trees
are
all
over
50
years
old
and
they're.
You
know
under
10
feet
tall,
so
the
pine
trees
are
the
most
important
tree
in
here.
The
maintenance
calendar
is
based
on
the
pine
trees,
we're
trying
to
cut
back
into
lateral
branches.
Everything
going
up,
we
kind
of
cut
out
we're
pulling
all
the
lower
needles
to
try
to
get
the
sunlight
in
there
to
promote
the
growth
from
the
inside.
The
inside
of
the
tree
is
the
future.
That's.
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Part
of
the
the
art
of
a
japanese
garden,
it's
using
your
imagination
to
expand
it
and
make
it
a
much
larger
place
not
only
by
the
pruning,
but
also
by
borrowing
scenery.
So,
for
instance,
though,
this
is
two
acres
we
take
in
the
scenery
from
the
full
20
acres,
this
area
right
here
we
call
the
round
shelter,
it's
an
umbrella,
shelter
good
place
to
come
and
view
the
garden
in
a
misty
rain.
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If
you'll
look
at
the
north
shore
of
the
garden
and
notice,
the
stones
like
a
backbone
having
a
one
stone
out
of
place,
will
kind
of
upset
the
whole
thing
this
drum
bridge
and
the
bentendo
are
replicas,
so
they're
not
full
size
like
you'd,
find
this
shrine
in
japan.
This
is
to
the
goddess
bento,
who
is
the
goddess
of
beauty
and
good
fortune.
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This
is
called
the
long
bridge
or
the
flat
bridge,
and
it
sometimes
it
becomes
a
stage
like
in
the
middle
of
the
festival
where
we
have
japanese
dancers.
Sometimes
it's
an
altar
for
the
many
weddings
that
are
held
here.
There's
a
japanese
folklore
story
about
a
bridge
that
had
eight
different
turns.
The
thought
was
that
the
demons
would
only
were
only
smart
enough
to
go
in
straight
lines,
and
so
you
could
escape
them
by
making
all
these
different
turns.
Another
thought
about
this
design,
though,
is
mindfulness.