You probably didn’t think you’d find any hint of Japanese culture in Missouri, but the Missouri Botanical Garden is totally decked out. It’s best to stroll leisurely throughout the gardens, including the lovely Japanese Garden. This three-day event is a lively experience that’s loaded with pounding taiko drums, dangerous samurai sword performances, sumo wrestling and Japanese horticulture. Well worth the price of admission! Mo Botanical Garden is a very well curated garden with beautiful specimens from all over the world. Your family can enjoy guided walking tours, bonsai, cooking, martial arts and origami demonstrations, sumo wrestling, and special activities for kids. The festival continues through Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Missouri Botanical Garden's Japanese Festival celebrates the history, culture and people of Japan through music, art, dance, food, exhibits and more. Origami displays, Bonsai and Ikebana demonstrations, The Japanese Festival returns this Labor Day weekend to the Missouri Botanical Garden. The 2013 Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 in St. Louis. See Who's Going to Missouri Botanical Garden Japanese Festival 2020 in Saint Louis, MO! Visit one of the largest Japanese gardens in North American for this Labor Day weekend tradition. Celebrating the history, culture, and people of Japan, the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the largest and oldest festivals of its kind in the United States. "Garden of pure, clear harmony and peace" Dedicated in 1977, our 14-acre Japanese Garden, one of the largest in North America, represents an evolution of centuries of tradition and a multiplicity of distinctly Japanese cultural influences. And for lots of St. Louisans, no visit is complete any time of year without stopping to feed the greedy koi in the Japanese Garden. ST. LOUIS – It’s time to celebrate the final days of summer this Labor Day weekend and the Missouri Botanical Garden is getting ready for its annual Japanese Festival. Since 1977, the Garden has partnered with St. Louis area Japanese-American organizations. Old favorites and new experiences await. The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri.It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropist Henry Shaw.Its herbarium, with more than 6.6 million specimens, is the second largest in North America, behind only that of the New York Botanical Garden The Climatron has incredible tropical trees and plants right there in the Midwest!