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This photo is of the Moon Bridge at Kubota Garden in Seattle, Washington. It was taken on July 7, 2007. The Moon Bridge is one of two red bridges in the garden. It was built in the 1970s. According to their brochure, the Moon Bridge symbolizes the difficulty of living a good life: "Hard to walk up and hard to walk down."

Kubota Garden is a public garden that is now owned by the City of Seattle and maintained by the Department of Parks & Recreation. It was originally created and maintained for many years by Fujitaro Kubota.

Kubota Garden
9817 55th Avenue S.
Seattle, Washington 98118

For information about the garden, please visit their website: www.kubota.org. The site includes a brief history.

vkm — Last modified Mar 30 2011 7:59 p.m.


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