Ikebana tea ceremony rooms called "chabana". This style is the opposite of the Momoyama style and emphasizes rustic simplicity. "Chabana" is not considered a style of "ikebana" but is separate. The simplicity of "chabana" in turn helped create the "nageirebana" or "thrown-in" style. The receptacles used in flower arranging come in a large variety. They are traditionally considered not only beautiful in form, material, and design but are made to suit the use to which they will be put, so that a flower can always be placed in an appropriate receptacle, and probably in one especially designed for that particular sort
Japanese Friendship Garden (Balboa Park) gardeners who were well versed in the techniques of bonsai and ikebana. The overall harmony of elements was sacrificed as effects were compressed for space. In Japan there are often fences or walls surrounding the Garden, but in Balboa Park at that time, there was neither fence nor wall to help create and define areas or moods. For nearly 30 years, the Teahouse and garden were operated and maintained by the Asakawa family, who continue to this day as active members of the San Diego community. Though a symbol of the strong cultural and commercial ties that linked the two