Honored Guests Visit Duke Gardens’ Asiatic Arboretum

Duke University and Duke Gardens were honored Friday with a visit from Yuko Kishida, the spouse of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who took part in a traditional Japanese tea gathering in the Gardens.

Led by Chizuko Sueyoshi, leader of the Japanese Tea Practitioners of Durham, the gathering with matcha tea was held in the Durham-Toyama Sister Cities Japanese Pavilion and Teahouse, which is in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden of the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum.

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