Where Water still Flows (PowerUp 100%)

_{"Bamboo fountains provide an ambience of quietude." Canon EOS 80D with Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC; 1/800 sec at f/3.2, ISO 400 (photo by: author)}

This bamboo fountain was still in operation when I visited the once beautiful and unique Japanese Garden situated in National Botanical Garden (Jardín Botánico Nacional), Havana, Cuba more than 3 years ago. The construction of the Japanese Garden was done in collaboration with the Japanese government in 1988 and would occupy 5 of the 600 hectares of the National Botanical Garden.

_{This sight of the lake shows the rocks where the waterfall flowed and the Ukimi-dou. (photo by: author)}

The garden went through a restoration process that lasted at least 5 years, according to local sources, due to a lack of capital. When I visited the garden the only place where water flowed was the bamboo pipe shown in the theme photo, the rest was dry and deserted.

_{The entrance to the Ukimi-dou which means "Pavilion over Waters". The bamboo fountain was at my back. (photo by: author)}

When I visited the garden in 1989 there were koi in the artificial lake brought directly from Japan and although the reconstruction of the Japanese Garden was finally completed in 2019 it wasn't restored to its former glory.