Walking in Beauty: A Fall Kimono Stroll Through the Japanese Tea Garden 🌿🍂

There’s something sacred about a garden in autumn. The Seattle Japanese Tea Garden, carefully tended with intention, reflects not only nature’s beauty but also the peace we can cultivate within ourselves.

The Japanese idiom 花鳥風月 (kachōfūgetsu)—“flower, bird, wind, moon”—reminds us that life’s wisdom often lies in simple observations of the natural world.

Walking in my fall kimono through the garden felt like a gentle lesson: just like these paths, stones, and trees, we must also tend to ourselves with care. Self-care can be a mindful walk, the art of tea, or simply a moment of stillness.

Because only through a peaceful heart and mind can good fortune truly grow. ✨