Shofuso Japanese House and Garden - mid‑20th‑century traditional Japanese house

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park is a traditional-style Japanese house and garden constructed in 1953 and rebuilt in a Japanese architectural idiom for exhibition in the United States. The site represents a rare, mid‑20th‑century example of a Japanese house and landscaped garden open to the public in an American city park. It is interpreted as a cultural gift and a long‑standing site for Japanese arts and cultural programming in Philadelphia.