Family trip to Suizenji Park, Kumamoto*

The Polar Bear Family have been on a fabulous trip to a park in Japan, called Suizenji Park 
(Suizen-ji jyojyuen, Suizen-ji Kouen).


Suizen-ji Jōju-en is a tsukiyama - a japanese garden - located  in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The main tsukiyama is a representation of Mount Fuji. Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi began construction of the garden in 1636 as a tea retreat. The park was named after a no-longer-extant Buddhist temple called Suizen-ji. (Wikipedia).

Mum Pati and Dad Benjiro have taken the children out to see the garden.


 Botan Bear, also known as peony ( a beautiful flower) is wearing a kimono made of pretty Japanese fabric with lilac pink trimmings.




Bishamon Bear ( who has taken after his easy-going father as his name means "help") is wearing a Japanese kimono over a trousers and top combo edged with tan braid.

*Photo by by Chibotan.
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Benjiro the Bear

Benjiro the Bear is wearing a red kimono with a grey sash and headpiece.


His clothes are genuine Japanese material, the kimono is in two parts and is edged with thin bias binding.

Benjiro is a Japanese boy's name and it means peaceful/enjoy peace.


Because he is such a good natured bear he always lets Pati have the first choice of the fish.


He is standing in front of Mount Fuji (Fujiyama), a famous Japanese mountain.


This lovely picture comes from a site with great Japanese photographs at  http://homepage2.nifty.com/hsuzuki/english/

Here Pati the Polar Bear is wearing a kimono and traditional sash in genuine Japanese fabric...



Her name is a Japanese girl's name, it was from Finland and means "basket of fish".


Pati loves fish!






The kimono  is cut in one piece and edged with bias binding; the sash is japanese fabric mounted on a strip of bias binding. It is all fastened with velcro.


















She is standing in front of
Seiryuen Garden Nijo Castle, (picture from http://www.citypictures.org)