Adelaide Himeji Garden

Adelaide Himeji Garden is a traditional Japanese garden located in Park 18 (Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra) on South Terrace in Adelaide, South Australia. Created as a gift from Adelaide's sister city Himeji in Japan, it opened in 1985. The garden features a lake, tea house, stone lanterns, and carefully landscaped plantings designed to reflect Japanese garden principles within the Adelaide Park Lands.

Visitors can expect a tranquil, enclosed Japanese-style garden with a central lake, islands connected by bridges, a tea house (okaya), stone lanterns, dry rock garden, and winding gravel and paved paths. The garden is landscaped with pines, maples and other plantings pruned in Japanese style, with lawn areas, bamboo fences and sheltered seating. It is designed for quiet strolling, viewing and photography within the southern Adelaide Park Lands.

Designed by Japanese landscape designer Yoshitaka Kumada and constructed as a gift from the City of Himeji to commemorate the sister-city relationship with Adelaide established in 1982. The garden was opened in 1985 and built using Japanese design principles to symbolize friendship between the two cities.

Represents traditional Japanese garden aesthetics and cultural exchange between Adelaide and Himeji, Japan. It demonstrates Japanese principles of simplicity, naturalness and tranquility and serves as a cultural landmark within the Adelaide Park Lands for education and cross-cultural appreciation.