Photograph of a martial arts exhibition in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Male athletes, donned in loose black and white clothing, spar in pairs on foam pads along an open space, with one athlete prominently throwing down another at center. Observers, sitting on the concrete steps around the space, view the demonstration from nearby.

Photograph of the Treasure Tree Gift Shop in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gift shop, featured in the background, is located in front of a calm pond lined with rocks, grasses, and trees, and has a wooden veranda with a small set of wide stairs along a wall of glass windows, as well as a gray Dutch gable roof. The gift shop is accessible by footpaths that go around the pond, partially visible in the image.

Photograph of the Japanese Garden pond at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden during winter. The pond, frozen, is surrounded by snow and ice; its stepping stones, visible in the foreground, are covered in round layers of snow. Across the pond are numerous bare trees and a small gazebo named the Summer House, whose rooftop is covered in snow.

Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The teahouse sits over the garden pond, held by stilts in the water, and features a wooden balcony, shuttered shoji screen doors, and a pagoda-style roof. Large bushes and small trees sit on the edge of the pond, and koi fish are visible swimming within.

Photograph of the rock waterfall in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A small island, surrounded by the garden pond, contains mosses, grasses, small shrubs, and trees. The rock waterfall, located in the right background, is surrounded by additional shrubs and orange trees at left. An outlet in the pond sits to the right of the waterfall on the water's surface.

Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. Banners hang from the balcony's fences and are posted in front of the gate, reading "WELCOME", "KONNICHIWA", and "good day" in Japanese. The entry gate is flanked on both ends with walls.

Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. Below the balcony juts out pagoda-like roof structures on both ends, under which trees, shrubs, and bushes grow.

Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The teahouse sits over the garden pond, held by stilts in the water, and features a wooden balcony, shuttered shoji screen doors, and a pagoda-style roof. Flower bushes are visible along the balcony, and large bushes and small trees sit on the edge of the pond.

Photograph of the Moon Bridge in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The bridge, arched and wooden, crosses over a portion of the garden's pond, which is lined with shrubs and mosses. Above and around the bridge are trees and large brushes.

Photograph of the Moon Bridge in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The bridge, arched and wooden, crosses over a portion of the garden's pond, which is lined with shrubs and mosses. Above and around the bridge are trees and large brushes.

Photograph of stepping stones in the garden pond at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The stepping stones, round and small, cross from one cove of the pond to the other. Visible on the left are shrubs and bushes along the stony edge of the pond as well as concrete staircases, and on the right is a small gazebo obscured by trees. Several plants in the image are turning orange.

Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. The sky glows orange from behind the gate, and bright lights illuminate the trees adjacent to it on the left.

Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. Below the balcony juts out pagoda-like roof structures on both ends, under which trees, shrubs, and bushes grow.

Photograph of the Umstead Teahouse in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The teahouse sits on the edge of the garden pond, is held up by stilts, and has a balcony. Two female performers, dressed in kimonos, holding folding fans, and donning white makeup are visible on the balcony in front of the teahouse's shuttered shoji screen doors. Hanging flower vases are visible on two corners of the teahouse.

Photograph of the Mary K. Umstead Teahouse in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The teahouse sits over the garden pond, held by stilts in the water, and features a wooden balcony, shuttered shoji screen doors, and a pagoda-style roof. Large bushes and small trees sit on the edge of the pond, and koi fish are visible swimming within.

Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall open wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. The entry gate is flanked on both ends with walls.

Photograph of the Treasure Tree Gift Shop in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The gift shop, featured in the background, is located in front of a calm pond lined with rocks, grasses, and trees, and has a wooden veranda with a small set of wide stairs along a wall of glass windows, as well as a gray Dutch gable roof. The gift shop is accessible by footpaths that go around the pond, partially visible in the image.

Photograph of the Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden covered in snow at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The dry garden contains an arrangement of rocks placed on sand around the rectangular garden space. Around the garden is an elevated footpath with a metal outer wall and a covered roof.

Photograph of a boy in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. He wears a baseball cap and stands alongside a wooden barrier, looking into a pond in front of him. He seems to be throwing food for koi fish.

Photograph of the Moon Bridge in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The bridge, arched and wooden, crosses over a portion of the garden's pond, which is lined with shrubs and mosses. Above and around the bridge are trees and large brushes.

Photograph of two workers installing siding for a footpath in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The siding, held in place by one worker, is welded to the existing path's shape by another worker with a welder and a welder helmet. The shape of the footpath visible in the photograph is mostly complete, surrounded by mounds of dirt, barren several trees and a white truck parked behind the footpath in the background.

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. Only the base has been constructed, a simple wooden obelisk with thin ropes attached to it at the top and wooden stakes surrounding it. Four of the pagoda's curved roofs, appearing to be made of cast bronze, sit at bottom right in front of the obelisk among a clearing of bushes and barren trees.

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. The pagoda's base, a wooden obelisk, is being installed on a stone pedestal in a clearing of trees and bushes by a large orange crane that holds it by ropes attached to the top of the obelisk. Near the base, several workers watch the installation.

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. A large orange crane holds a piece of the pagoda's curved roof with thin wires near the pagoda's wooden base, which has been installed onto the stone pedestal below it. Four workers oversee the installation of the roof piece as it is raised closer to the base's top.