Saturday, November 1, 2025

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Anderson Japanese Gardens – Pavilion

Guests are required to meet at the visitor center by 5:45 PM. From there, they will be escorted out to the pavilion. This event takes place outdoors; please dress accordingly.

$40.00 for Garden members | $45.00 for non-members

The Tsukimi (Moon-Viewing)

Join us for an evening of Ikebana and moon viewing. The AJG Ikebana group will display an exhibition of Ikebana.

Reiko Takahashi, an Ikenobo Ikebana instructor, will create “Tatehana”, the oldest style of the Ikenobo Ikebana School, as an offering to the Moon. Following this, Kimiko Gunji, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, will perform the Kencha tea ceremony, serving a bowl of tea to the moon.

Tea and special sweets will be served to all participants.

You can enjoy a Shakuhachi performance by Omar Francis while viewing the moon.