Treasures of GARDENS, ART & ARCHITECTURE With American Horticultural Society Host HOLLY H. SHIMIZU Aboard the Deluxe Le Soléal May 30–June 7, 2020

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Dear Friends, Myriad discoveries abound in Japan. Its cities pulsate with modernity, but at its core, Japan is a place of tranquility and spirituality, where nature’s beauty remains abundant and unspoiled. Next spring, I invite you to join fellow American Horticultural Society members and other like-minded travelers to visit the Land of the Rising Sun to experience some of the most serene and breathtaking gardens in the world. As we embark from Osaka and sail southward, Japan’s traditional aesthetic is evident everywhere: in the architecture and adornments of shrines, in a tea ceremony, and in our private audience with the Abbot of Kofukuji Temple in . The modernist impulse is revealed through the architecture of the cities, and in the art on display in the Adachi Museum in Sakaiminato, in the Busan Museum of Art, and in the Ohara Museum of Art in Kurashiki. Sampling Japanese food and drink; experiencing music and dance; witnessing religious practice; walking through modern cities and admiring ancient shrines and gardens—these are the elements of our immersion in Japan’s culture. The beautifully-appointed small ship Le Soléal will carry us in style. To illuminate this fascinating country and focus on the central role gardens play in its culture, Holly Shimizu, member of the American Horticultural Society Board of Directors and former host of the Victory Garden television show, joins guests on board. Holly and her garden-designer husband, Osamu Shimizu, will accompany visits to each site, give lectures, and serve as your companions for deeper understanding of Japan’s beautiful aesthetics. AHS Travel-Study participants o‹ en make lifelong friendships and know that their participation supports our non-profit work to inspire gardeners and garden- lovers alike with the art and practice of horticulture. I hope you will join us! Sincerely,

Beth Tuttle Front cover: Matsue Castle President and CEO Back cover: Geishas FEATURED GUEST SPEAKERS AND AHS TOUR HOSTS

HOLLY H. SHIMIZU, a member of the American Horticultural Society Board of Directors and retired Executive Director of the United States Botanic Garden, is an internationally recognized horticulturist. She has worked in gardens in many parts of the world and is oft en recognized from ten years as a host of the popular Victory Garden television show on PBS. Holly has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Thomas Roland Medal for outstanding contributions to horticultural education from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and the Professional Award for an Outstanding Public Garden Director from the American Horticultural Society. Dedicated to heightening an awareness and love of plants through her work, she has written for numerous publications and has been an international flower show judge. Her husband Osamu is a garden designer whom she met while working in Europe.

OSAMU SHIMIZU grew up in Japan where he studied and worked in both historic and contemporary Japanese gardens. He worked in Europe for over ten years helping with garden designs, mapping, and garden improvements. In 1982 he started his own garden design/build company, Shimizu Landscape Design, and has been creating gardens for residences as well as public spaces. Many of his gardens are Japanese but some represent a blending of styles with influences from east and west.

Osaka ITINERARY

Thursday, June 4 KOFUKUJI TEMPLE, NAGASAKI, JAPAN Today we have the extraordinary privilege Sea of Japan SOUTH KOREA of being guests of the Abbot at Kofukuji JAPAN Temple in the heart of Nagasaki. Kofukuji Sakaiminato MAIZURU is the oldest and one of the most important Busan Hiroshima Kyoto OSAKA Chinese-founded temples in the city and Tamano the birthplace of the Obaku school of Nagasaki Uwajima . We will be greeted by the Abbot and guided through the temple. The Kagoshima Paci c Ocean Abbot will perform a service and there will be music followed by a reception featuring Zen cooking. Please note that these arrangements Saturday, May 30, 2020 are exclusive to our program and not available OSAKA, JAPAN | EMBARK anywhere else. (B,L,D) Arrive in Osaka and transfer to the pier to embark Le Soléal. (D) Friday, June 5 HAEDONG YONGGUNGSA TEMPLE & BUSAN Sunday, May 31 MUSEUM OF ART, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA KORAKUEN, OKAYAMA & KURASHIKI, JAPAN Depart from Busan on an excursion to Haedong In Okayama, visit the Korakuen Garden, one Yonggungsa Temple, originally built in 1376 by of the three best landscape gardens in Japan. the great Buddhist teacher known as Naong. Built in 1700 by a feudal lord, it features a flat Explore Haesu Gwaneum Daebul (Seawater lawn, ponds, a central hill, a tiny tea plantation Great Goddess Buddha), Daeungjeon Main and rice paddy, and a small waterfall. In the Sanctuary, Yongwangdang Shrine, and a‹ernoon, an excursion takes you to Kurashiki Gulbeop Buddhist Sanctum. For those with to visit the Ohara Museum of Art, as well as an interest in art, you may also visit the Busan the Ohashi Family Home, typical of wealthy Museum of Art, and those curious about merchants of the 18th century. (B,L,D) Korean cuisine may take a guided walk of the Monday, June 1 fish market, with lunch. (B,L,D) ITSUKUSHIMA SHRINE, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN Saturday, June 6 A morning excursion takes us to the MATSUE CASTLE & ADACHI MUSEUM OF ART, Itsukushima Shrine, a holy place of Shintoism SAKAIMINATO, JAPAN since the earliest times. Here you will see a Visit Matsue Castle, made entirely out of pine special performance of Kagura dance. This and built in 1611. It remains as it was in the a‹ernoon, pay a solemn visit to Hiroshima’s 17th century and the uppermost floor o£ers Peace Memorial Park and Museum and the fine views. Then take a private visit to Yuushien Atomic Bomb Dome. (B,L,D) Garden. This a‹ernoon, visit the Adachi Tuesday, June 2 Museum of Art, housing works by the great UCHIKO, JAPAN masters of modern Japanese art. Most of the Walk Uchiko’s picturesque old street of pieces were selected by the museum’s founder, Yokaichi, lined with buildings from the late Adachi Zenko (1899-1990), who collected a Edo period (1603-1868) and the early years wide range of styles and schools. (B,L,D) following the Meiji Restoration. Glimpse Sunday, June 7 an old sake brewery, the Amazake Chaya MAIZURU | DISEMBARK (B) Teahouse, the Uchiko-za Theater and the Kami Hagi-tei, the former home and workshop of one of Uchiko’s most influential families. (B,L,D) Wednesday, June 3 OPTIONAL PRE-CRUISE CHIRAN, JAPAN PROGRAM IN KYOTO A drive takes you through scenic tea May 28-30, 2020 plantations to Chiran, a small town known for Includes two nights at the Kyoto Hotel its fine collection of samurai houses and their Okura, transfers, sightseeing, a welcome enclosed gardens. Several residences are still reception and select meals. Starting from being used by samurai descendants. (B,L,D) $1,290 per person, double occupancy.

FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL US AT (703) 768-5700, EXT. 127 OR 132 WWW.AHSGARDENING.ORG ITINERARY Itsukushima Shrine PROGRAM INCLUSIONS Included • 8-night cruise aboard the deluxe Le Soléal • VisitExcursions to Kofukuji as noted Monastery in the itineraryin Nagasaki and • Enrichmenttea ceremony, program as described of lectures in itinerary and •discussions Welcome and by farewell featured cocktail guests receptions • Designatedaboard ship Tour Manager • WelcomeAll meals aboardand farewell ship including cocktail receptions early aboardriser’s co£ee ship & pastry, breakfast, lunch, • Captain’sa‹ernoon gala tea, dinner;and dinner at least one dinner •aboard Open bar ship aboard with theship, Shimizus including select • Allwines meals with aboard lunch shipand dinnerincluding early •riser’s Enrichment co£ee program & pastry, of breakfast, lectures andlunch, a‹ernoondiscussions tea, by andfeatured dinner guests • OpenPhysician bar aboardaboard ship,ship including select • Comprehensivewines with lunch pre-departure and dinner materials • Baggage24-hour room handling service; and Wi-Fi airport on transfers board • Comprehensiveabroad on the designated pre-departure program materials arrival • Baggageand departure handling dates and airport transfers •abroad Port taxes on and the designatedcharges program arrival • Wi-Fiand departure on board dates • GratuitiesPort taxes toand shipboard charges personnel, porters, • Gratuitiesguides, and to drivers shipboard personnel, porters, Notguides, included and drivers NotAirfare; included airport taxes; excursions not Airfare;mentioned airport above taxes; as included; visa and visa passport and feespassport and/or fees immigration (if applicable); reciprocity luggage, taxes; TraditionalTraditional tea teahouse house luggage,cancellation, cancellation, and accidentmedical, repatriation insurance; andpersonal accident expenses insurance; such personal as expenses laundry, Kyoto suchtelephone as calls, laundry, spa services telephone; and beverages spa; and beveragesother than otherthose than specified those above; specified pre-cruise above; pre-cruiseextension inextension Kyoto. in Kyoto (the Shimizus will not participate in pre-cruise extension).

Busan PONANT Quintessential Collection™ voyages are designed for travelers who want to engage with the world in order to understand it. In addition to the usual elements of the PONANT experience, these voyages include lectures or performances aboard ship by world class experts or musicians and exceptional activities ashore that encourage guests to embrace the sights and sounds, tastes and smells of the local culture.

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FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL US AT (703) 768-5700, EXT. 127 OR 132 WWW.AHSGARDENING.ORG The deluxe, five-star Le Soléal is one of the LE SOLÉAL most beautifully conceived and technologically sophisticated small ships afloat. Designed in and built in Italy, Le Soléal boasts an elegantly understated aesthetic that one associates with European sensibility and cra‹smanship, with room for no more than 264 guests. It is one of four sister ships of the PONANT cruise line, selected as Best Luxury Cruise Line by Cruise Critic’s editors. All of PONANT’s Zodiac ships are recognized as eco-friendly “Clean Ships” by Bar Bureau Veritas. SUN DECK Open-air Bar Zodiac Zodiac Bar SUN DECK Open-air Bar Zodiac

Zodiac Bar SUN DECK Open-air Bar DECK PLAN Bar SUN DECK Open-air Bar Zodiac 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 Owner’s 602 Zodiac Suite Deluxe Bar Suite SUN DECK GRILL PANORAMIC POOL RESTAURANTOpen-air Bar Zodiac PANORAMIC INTERNET LOUNGE TERRACE 539626 625624 622 623 621620 619618 617616 615614 612611 610 609 607608 605 603 601602 Zodiac Owner’s Bar Suite Deluxe Deluxe SUN DECK Suite 7 GRILLOpen-air Bar Suite Suite LIBRARY POOL PANORAMIC PANORAMIC RESTAURANT TERRACE 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 602 INTERNET LOUNGE Zodiac Owner’s 539625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605Suite 603 Deluxe 601 Deluxe DeluxeSuite GRILL 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 Owner’s 602 POOL Suite Suite LIBRARYPANORAMIC PANORAMIC RESTAURANT Suite Deluxe TERRACE Suite INTERNET LOUNGE GRILL 539625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605 603 601 PANORAMIC POOL RESTAURANT PANORAMIC Deluxe Deluxe LOUNGE TERRACE 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 Owner’s 602 INTERNET 539625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605Suite 603Suite 601 LIBRARY HAMMAM Suite Deluxe GRILL 536 534 532 530 528 526 524 522 520 518 516 514Deluxe 512 DeluxeSuite 510 508 506 504 502 POOL Suite Suite LIBRARYPANORAMIC PANORAMIC RESTAURANT TERRACE 6 IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 602 INTERNET LOUNGE Owner’s BRIDGE 539625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605Suite 603 Deluxe 601 HAMMAM Deluxe DeluxeSuite 509 GRILL 508 506 504 502 PANORAMIC POOL RESTAURANT 536539537534 535532 533530 531528 526 529 527524 522525 520523 518521 516519 514517Suite 515512Suite 511510 LIBRARY 507 505PANORAMIC 503 501 INTERNET LOUNGE TERRACE IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 539625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605 603 601 BRIDGE HAMMAM Deluxe Deluxe 536 534 532 530 528 526 524 522 520 518 516 514Suite 512Suite 510 509LIBRARY508 506 504 502 539537 535 533 531 529 527 525 523 521 519 517 515 511 507 505 503 501 HAMMAM IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 508 506 504 502 536 534 532 530 528 526 524 522 520 518 516 514 512 510 BRIDGE IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 509 5 539537 535 533 531 529 527 525 523 521 519 517 515 511 507 505 503 501 BRIDGE HAMMAM 434536 432534 430 532 428 530 426528 526424 524422 522420 520 418 416518 516414 514 412 512410 510 408 509 508406 506 404 504 402 502 539537 535 533 531 529 527 525 523 521 519 517 515 511 507 505 503 501 IMAGE & PHOTO DESK THEATER BRIDGE HAMMAM 536 534 532 530 528 526 524 522 520 518 516 514 512 510 509407 508 506 504 502 437434539 435432537 433430 535 428 431533 426531 429 424427529 425527 422 525420423 523 418421 416419521 519414417 517 412 415 515 410 411 511 408409 507405406 505 403404 503 401402 501 IMAGE & PHOTO DESK BRIDGE THEATER 509 434539 432537 430 535 428 533 426531 424529 527422 525420 523 418 416521 519414 517 412 515 410 511 408 507406 505 404 503 402 501 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 407 405 403 401 434 432 430 428 426 424 422 420 418 416 414 412 410 408 406 404 402 4 THEATER 407 THEATER 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 405 403 401 434 432 430 428 426 424 422 420 418 416 414 412 410 408 406 404 402 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 407 405 403 401 EXCURSION 334 332 330 328 326 324 322 320 318 316 314 312 310 308 306 304 302 DESK THEATER 434 432 430 428 426 424 422 420 418 416 414 412 410 408 406 404 402 MAIN LOUNGE 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 407 405 403 401 SHOP EXCURSIONRECEPTION 337334 332335 330333 328331 326329 324327 322325 320323 318321 319316 314317 315312 310311 309308 307 306305 303304 302301 300 THEATER DESK

437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 407 405 403 401 MAIN LOUNGE 3 SHOP EXCURSION 334 332 330 328 326 324 322 320 318 316 314 312 310 308 306 304 302 DESKRECEPTION 337 335 333 331 329 327 325 323 321 319 317 315 311 309 307 305 303 301 300 DESK EXCURSION 334 332 330 328 326 324 322 320 318 316 314 312 310 308 306 304 302 MAIN LOUNGE DESK SHOP RECEPTION 337 335 333 331 329 327 325 323 321 319 317 315 311 309 307 305 303 301 300 MAIN LOUNGE DESK SHOP EXCURSION 334 332 330 328 326 324 322 320 318 316 314 312 310 308 306 304 302 DESKRECEPTION 337 335 333 331 329 327 325 323 321 319 317 315 311 309 307 305 303 301 300 DESK

MAIN LOUNGEGASTRONOMIC RESTAURANTSHOP EXCURSION 334 332 330 328 326 324 322 320 318 316 314 312 310 308 306 304 302 MARINA DESKRECEPTION 337 335 333 331 329 327 325 323 321 319 317 315 311 309 307 305 303 301 300 2 DESK MAIN LOUNGE GASTRONOMICSHOP RECEPTION 337 335 333 331 329 327 325 323 321 319 317 315 311 309 307 305 303 301 300 MARINA RESTAURANT DESK

GASTRONOMIC MARINA RESTAURANT GASTRONOMIC MARINA RESTAURANT FARES PER PERSON, DOUBLE AND SINGLE OCCUPANCY GASTRONOMIC All accommodationsMARINA RESTAURANT aboard Le Soléal face outside a£ording sea views, Owner’s Suite—Deck 6 and, other than the eightGASTRONOMIC superior staterooms, all feature a private balcony. RESTAURANT All stateroomsMARINA include a bedroom with either two twin-size beds or a Prestige Suites—Decks 5 - 6 king-size bed, sitting area (separate living room for the Prestige Suites), Deluxe Suites—Deck 6 mini-bar, safe, spacious closets, climate control, telephone, Wi-Fi access, TV with movies on demand, iPod player, and bathroom with marble vanity, Prestige Staterooms—Decks 4 - 5 - 6 shower, and fine amenities. Deluxe Staterooms—Deck 3 DOUBLE SINGLE Superior Staterooms—Deck 3 SUPERIOR STATEROOMS $7,100 n/a DELUXE STATEROOMS $7,420 $8,910 PRESTIGE STATEROOM PRESTIGE STATEROOMS, DECK 4 $7,940 $9,590 PRESTIGE STATEROOMS, DECK 5 $8,180 $9,900 PRESTIGE STATEROOMS, DECK 6 $8,430 $10,220 DELUXE SUITES $10,560 $12,990 PRESTIGE SUITES, DECK 5 $13,250 $16,490 PRESTIGE SUITES, DECK 6 $13,750 $17,140 OWNER’S SUITE $15,350 $28,260 Early arrivals, transfers and additional hotel nights available upon request. 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TREASURES OF JAPAN GARDENS, ART & ARCHITECTURE

Aboard the Deluxe Le Soléal May 30–June 7, 2020

For reservations or information, please call (703) 768-5700, ext. 127 or 132 • www.ahsgardening.org AHSO S300520 A Quintessential Collection™ Cruise