Japanese Garden after the leaves fall, late November

The early afternoon was sunny in the run-up to the Thanksgiving week 2019 in Grand Rapids.
The visitors who came to the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park were rewarded with this view atop the viewing point at the Japanese Garden. (3 images stitched into panorama).

looking north from viewpoint above the Japanese Teahouse in the middle distance

The monthly Sunday afternoon visits to the Japanese Teahouse run from May to October normally. So by now the access paths and the building itself is closed off until 2020.

Visiting the Japanese Tea House at Meijer Gardens

pond side of the tea house showing transitional space: inside to outside

During the mild weather from May to October there is normally a Sunday afternoon each month from 1 to 4 during which visitors can tour the building and grounds. Here are a few scenes from September 2019, a few weeks before the fall colors were well developed.