japanese tranquillity - View this location on map The Japanese garden at the botanic garden (817-871-7686) awaits. a onetime gravel pit, now carved into 7.5 acres of japanese landscapes and structures, the garden is centered around a serpentine pond, with schools of astoundingly large, lively and friendly rainbow-colored koi. NYT 3220 botanic garden boulevard, Fort Worth, TX Cultural, Active, Kids

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