The title of this video begs some explanation. It is NOT click bait! In a small, rural town tucked away in Oregon is an authentic public Japanese garden that has direct connections to Japan, as the title suggests. Plus it was designed and built by the world renowned landscape architect Hoichi Kurisu. What’s equally amazing is that this garden is at, of all places, a middle school. So what is my connection to it, you may be wondering? This garden hadn’t been properly pruned in several years, I had the privilege of being the one to do it and help to bring it back to its previous glory. Though I have aesthetically pruned the trees and shrubs in many private Japanese gardens, this was my first public garden. This video chronicles everything mentioned above. Please check it out.