One of the most tranquil and relaxing places that you can visit within the Roger Williams Park is the lovely Japanese Garden. It is free to enter, and I would recommend setting aside about an hour to explore it. The garden is a wonderful place for quiet reflection, and is extremely popular for painting, drawing, and art classes.
If you are traveling to this region in Providence, Rhode Island for the first time, you will find that the main park (Roger Williams Park) as a whole is about 427 acres, so it is pretty large! It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States. The park’s namesake, Roger Williams, was the founder of Providence, and also of the state of Rhode Island.
Attached is a map, which will help you navigate the park and all the areas within it. The Japanese Garden is located right by the Carousel Village off Maple Ave.
https://www.rwpconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Sculpture-map.pdf
We stumbled upon the garden after walking around the Carousel Village (a cute little amusement park) and immediately, I was completely in awe of the elegance and beauty of it. Luckily, we even had the garden to ourselves! It is truly its own oasis within the park, and it was so much fun taking photos there and enjoying the ambiance.
The garden itself was built out of the former Monument Lake by the Depression-era federal work program called the Works Progress Administration. After the program completed the area in 1936, it became a very popular area in Providence for wedding photography.
The Japanese Lantern Statue within the garden is one of 14 identical ones that were originally dedicated to Japan in 1841. Japan gifted two to Providence in 1954 to commemorate the centennial of Commodore Perry’s mission to Japan. The Parks Department also installed this gift into the park in the same year.
https://www.rwpconservancy.org/explore/places-to-go/japanese-garden/
When you are traveling to the Roger Williams Park, you absolutely have to visit the lovely Japanese Garden. Let me know in the comments if you have ever gone here, and what you thought about it. I hope that you are having a wonderful day, and remember to click the like and subscribe button!
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26 responses to “Japanese Garden At Roger Williams Park”
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The Japanese Gardens look beautiful Allie.
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A Japanese garden is always a tranquil place to visit. This one looks especially nice. Thanks for sharing.
Amanda
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This looks so peaceful! 🌟
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So wonderful Roger Williams Park photos and excellent music video also 🌷🙏😍
Thank you so much for sharing my dear friend 🌷🙏💕🌷
Thank you very much, I am glad that you liked the video too!
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I’m such a a fan of Japanese Gardens. That’s awesome that this one is free to visit. It looks lovely.
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How beautiful – I love gardens and this would be a perfect one to explore 🙂
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How nice to have the gardens to yourselves, that was very lucky. Do the cherry trees blossom in the spring?
Breathtaking ♡
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What a lovely and relaxing place to visit 🙂
Be-u-ti-ful, Allie! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thank you very much Lisa!
Wow, this is such a beautiful and quite pristine place. I love how you can walk around the trails, seeing different water views. Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx
Thank you very much Aiva!
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