Morikami Museum
Morikami Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Chie no Wa Wisdom Ring, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 9.0 miles off.
Admission area, gift shop, cafe
The story
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a center for Japanese arts and culture located west of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The campus includes two museum buildings, the Roji-en Japanese Gardens: Garden of the Drops of Dew, a bonsai garden, library, gift shop, and a Japanese restaurant, called the Cornell Cafe, which has been featured on the Food Network and Vizcaya Television. Rotating exhibits are displayed in both buildings, and demonstrations, including tea ceremonies and classes, are held in the main building. Traditional Japanese festivals are celebrated several times a year. The park and museum are named after George Morikami, a native of Miyazu, Japan, who donated his farm to Palm Beach County to be used as a park. George Morikami was the only member of the Yamato Colony, Florida, to stay in Delray Beach after World War II. He originally proposed donating the land to the City of Delray Beach which declined. The Museum was opened in 1977, in a building that is now named the Yamato-kan. The principal museum building opened in 1993. Construction of the Roji-en gardens began in 1993. The Morikami Park, which includes the museum, is 188.5 acres (76.3 ha). There is one picnic pavilion and six smaller picnic shelters and a playground. It is the location of the Challenger Astronaut Memorial and the Yamato Pioneer Memorial. The Morikami Museum and Gardens host a number of Japanese-influenced festivals each year, including Oshogatsu (New Year's) in January, Hatsume Fair Festival in April, and Lantern Festival, (based on the Japanese Obon festival) in October. These festivals draw visitors from around the state, and feature both food and art vendors. The Lantern Festival also features an annual drum performance and an interactive dance routine. Visitors release their lanterns into the central lake after sunset.
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Dates from 1977.
Wikidata Q5954531, matched on coordinates and name (851 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Palm Beach County
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shishi-odoshi: 0.2 mi
- Jazz Composition for Dimitri Mendeleyev: 5.1 mi
- Organelle: 5.2 mi
- The Axe Man: 5.4 mi
- Chase Edward's Contemporary: 5.8 mi
- Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Governor Lawton Chiles Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- CCA Community Playground: 2.3 mi
- Orchard View Park: 2.7 mi
- Boca Tierra Park: 2.7 mi
- Sports Immortals Museum: 5.2 mi
- Spady Cultural Heritage Museum: 5.4 mi
- Nathan D Rosen Museum Gallery: 5.5 mi
- Old School Square Museum: 5.7 mi
- Cason Cottage House Museum: 5.7 mi
- Zabava Studio: 3.8 mi
- Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands: 4.0 mi
- Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge: 5.9 mi
- Gumbo Limbo Nature Center: 6.9 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Dining Car 6113: 7.3 mi
- Wakodahatchee Wetlands: 3.6 mi
- Pondhawk Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- Serenoa Glade Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Daggerwing Nature Center: 5.5 mi
- Blazing Star Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Chie no Wa Wisdom Ring: 0.0 mi
- Challenger Memorial Lantern: 0.1 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: 6.5 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light Station: 12.5 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Hiraniwa Flat Garden: 0.2 mi
- Paradise Garden: 0.2 mi
- Modern Romantic Garden: 0.2 mi
- Early Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
- Karesansui Late Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
- Crescent: 11.1 mi
- Daggerwing: 11.2 mi
- Elfin: 11.3 mi
- Grandiosa: 11.6 mi
- Picnic area: 13.9 mi
- The Bungalow: 12.6 mi
- Timer and Generator Building: 12.6 mi
- Inlet House: 12.6 mi
- Keeper's Quarters: 12.6 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light: 12.6 mi
- Delray Public Beach: 8.8 mi
- Summa Beach: 16.7 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Beach: 19.7 mi
- Yamato Colony: 4.6 mi
- Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park: 10.2 mi
- Inverrary Waterfalls: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morikami Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park | S 183° | 70 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:43 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:59 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 65 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 72 | 69 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loxahatchee NWR, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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