This tour can accommodate stops at the Museum of Anthropology or Nitobe Memorial Gardens and others at UBC. Please let us know we can make all the arrangements to include it and make your tour as memorable as possible.
The Museum houses some 535,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects, many of which originate from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Massive totem poles, carved boxes, bowls, and feast dishes are featured in the Museum's Great Hall, while smaller (but no less magnificent) pieces in gold, silver, argillite, wood, ceramic, and other materials are exhibited elsewhere in the galleries.
Nitobe Gardens honours Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933) whose goal was to become a bridge across the Pacific." Among many other memorials to him is his portrait on the 5000 yen note.
Considered to be the best traditional, authentic Japanese Tea and in North America and among the top five Japanese gardens outside Japan. Nitobe Garden includes a rare authentic Tea Garden with a ceremonial Tea House.
