Ichimatsu (Checkered) Pattern Raking at Portland Japanese Garden

Every year at the time of the Harvest Moon and our Moonviewing Festival, Portland Japanese Garden’s gardeners create this special checkered pattern, called ichimatsu moyo, with the white sand in the Flat Garden. ​
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This ichimatsu pattern raking was inspired by the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, Japan, the design of which is globally considered as the apex of the traditional Japanese approach on the use of space and refined simplicity. One of the tea houses at Katsura Imperial Villa (Shokin-tei) is known for its blue-and-white checker-patterned alcove walls and sliding screens, a design fairly modern for its time. Some even consider this quintessential to Katsura. ​
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The Katsura village, where the villa stands, has long been known as a great moonviewing spot, and there are references to the moon in the villa’s buildings and designs, including the Moonviewing Platform (Tsukimi Dai).

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I REALLY want to know how he gets off the island 🤔

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Me too. Or is he still out there?

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He is going to be picked up by a crane from the island

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How does he get out???

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Is he trapped there now? Raked himself onto an island