By the zoo, the planetarium, and blocks of parks and greenery in Buenos Aires sits the biggest Japanese Garden outside of Japan. It’s a wonderful escape from the city, peaceful on the sunny day I was lucky enough to encounter during our month of rain in the city. 
I’ve learned from my friend Susie who works at the Japanese Garden in Fresno that most Japanese gardens have a sister city in Japan. I didn’t see anything about a sister city in this garden, but did see many a plaque that mentioned visits from the Japanese royal court. It seems that this garden is a bridge between the two countries. It’s full of information and examples of Japanese customs and culture.
There’s a teahouse set up to show a traditional tea ceremony, a sushi restaurant, and gift shops where you can find Japanese snacks, figurines, and origami cranes. Right now they’re promoting the Daruma, a traditional Japanese amulet that represents the perseverance and motivation that helps attain goals.
The visitors center houses a small library of books on and about Japanese culture in several languages, including Japanese of course. It hosts an exhibition room and for the month of April it housed examples of Japanese art including dolls, kimonos, origami, flower arrangement, and more. The goal of fostering the Argentine-Japanese relationship was clear throughout the gardens. The visitor’s center even had a video on loop that advertised the 6th cultural trip to Japan, a touristic visit for Argentinians interested in making the trip over.
It’s a beautiful example of cultural exchange and had what I take to be a lot of visitors for a weekday, while still managing to feel peaceful and relaxing. There were plenty of birds singing and koi fish floating around the ponds that help you escape the traffic and city-ness that is any capital city. More pics below for your leisure =)
Logistics:
Hours: 10-6pm, every day. Entrance to the gardens costs 70 pesos. Main entrance is on Avenida Casares. If you’re prone to mosquito bites like I am, you might want to use your anti-bug spray/balm/repellant of choice.
I love it. I went back quite a bit on your post and I have to tell you I’ve enjoyed reading them so much! I hope you keep having lots of fun in you adventures and can’t wait to read more. ??
Thanks so much for reading Karina! =D Miss you guys