Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix

About Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix

Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, known as Rohoen, features a stroll garden, tea garden, and dry garden designed by Himeji's gardeners as a gift cementing the sister city bond between Phoenix and Japan. Visitors walk through the garden grounds exploring seasonal plantings and stone work while experiencing the principles of harmony and tranquility central to Japanese landscape design. The traditional tea house, Musoan, hosts authentic Japanese tea ceremonies and public tea gatherings led by the Tankokai tea group, which has practiced there for 29 years. The garden also offers workshops including tea tastings, Chanoyu tea ceremony experiences, wabi sabi pottery, and moon meditation sessions. General admission tickets are sold online on the venue's site, with children ages 0–6 entering free with paid adult admission. The garden is located at 1125 North 3rd Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, and maintains published hours on its website.