Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden

Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden Open 10 a.m.-7 p.m., April 1-Sept. 30; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Oct. 1-31. Closed Nov.-March. (Ex sp events)

The oldest attraction at the Springfield Botanical Gardens, the 7.5-acre Mizumoto Japanese Stroll garden was built in 1985 and includes a koi lake, moon bridge, meditation garden, tea house, traditional Japanese garden landscaping and a 7-ton Alaskan Jade stone. The garden is home to the Springfield Sister Cities Association's Japanese Fall Festival. Private Tours, weddings and pavilion rentals av

ailable, call 417-891-1515 or visit http://parkboard.org/Botanical

Professional photography in the garden requires an annual photo pass ($150) or a daily photo pass ($25) available at the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center, 417-891-1515

Gardens are maintained by the Friends of the Garden and the Springfield-Greene County Park Board. Gardens are supported by the Springfield Sister Cities Association.

08/18/2026

The Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden bandanas have been restocked and we have a new color! Buy your 40th anniversary garden map bandanas at our gift shop or the ticket window at the Japanese Stroll Garden for $10 each.
Rumor has it there will be even more colors at the Japanese Fall Festival ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต 2026 market next month.

Some fun Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park history from the Springfield-Greene County Park Board ๐Ÿ’š
07/09/2026

Some fun Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park history from the Springfield-Greene County Park Board ๐Ÿ’š

๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! Springfield Sister Cities is looking for vendors representing Japanese culture to sell at the 30th an...
06/26/2026

๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! Springfield Sister Cities is looking for vendors representing Japanese culture to sell at the 30th annual Japanese Fall Festival, Fri.-Sun., Sept. 11-13, 2026.

Priority application deadline is Wed., July 1. Learn more at PeaceThroughPeople.org/JFFVendorApp. 417-864-1191.

๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! We are looking for vendors representing Japanese culture to join us at the 30th annual Japanese Fall Festival, Fri.-Sun., Sept. 11-13, 2026. About 22,000 people attended the event in 2025.

The festival is a celebration of Japanese culture in the beautiful Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden located within the extraordinary Springfield Botanical Gardens at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, 2400 S. Scenic Ave., Springfield, MO.

Booth fees are $150 for info, $250 for retail, and $400 for food. Priority is given to vendors representing Japanese culture.

It is free to apply. The priority application deadline is Wed., July 1. Learn more at PeaceThroughPeople.org/JFFVendorApp. 417-864-1191.



This year's festival is copresented by the Missouri Arts Council.

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๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ/๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด/๐˜ฆ-๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด/๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!

2026 is the 40th anniversary of the Stroll Garden ๐ŸŽ‹ Stop by the Botanical Center or the ticket booth to purchase a $10 ...
06/18/2026

2026 is the 40th anniversary of the Stroll Garden ๐ŸŽ‹ Stop by the Botanical Center or the ticket booth to purchase a $10 commemorative garden map bandana. Limited quantities available!

06/11/2026

The Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden will be closed to the general public on Friday, June 12 to set up for Romance in the Garden ๐Ÿท๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒท 2026 . Sold-out!

Address

2400 S. Scenic Avenue
Springfield, MO
65807

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 7pm
Sunday 10am - 7pm

Telephone

(417) 891-1515

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