Hoichi Kurisu, a world renowned Japanese garden designer and builder and the leading, living Japanese garden architect in the U.S., has paid us a visit!

Several days ago, Nathan gave Mr. Kurisu a tour of his own private Japanese style garden which he calls The Lawrence Cascadian Sukashi Garden. Accompanying Kurisu were Keir, his head project manager; Chino also a project manager; and Ishi, one of Kurisu’s many highly skilled garden craftsman.

Hoichi Kurisu is the builder and or designer of several of the top Japanese gardens in America including the Portland Oregon Japanese Garden, the Morikami Japanese garden in Delray, FL, the Anderson Japanese Garden in Rockford, Ill, the Frederick Meijer Japanese Garden in Grand Rapids, MI, and countless other public and private gardens in the US and in Japan.To learn more about Hoichi Kurisu, just do a web search using his name or go to https://www.kurisu.com to learn more about this amazing artist and national treasure!

In the photo below from left to right: Keir, Nathan, Chino, Ishi and Hoichi Kurisu.

Japanese garden architect Hoichi Kurisu has designed and overseen the construction of some of the most notable and top Japanese gardens in the U.S. and elsewhere including the world famous Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon, the Anderson Garden in Illinois, the Frederik Meijer Japanese Garden in Michigan and many others too numerous to mention. In Nathan’s interview of Mr. Kurisu, he discusses what makes Japanese gardens unique and why people are so attracted to them the world over.