Best Day Trip
While a trip to Japan from Miami certainly requires more than a single day, you can zip up I-95 to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens for a quick taste of the culture of the land of the rising sun. And you’ll have time to get home before that sun even sets! Since 1977, Morikami has been a showcase for Japanese arts and culture with a museum featuring more than 7,000 Japanese artifacts, from architecture to art to wrappers of atypical Japanese KitKat flavors. The real star of this day trip is a leisurely walk through the 16-acre landscape with six distinct gardens and a bonsai collection for the ages. Cornell Café offers bento boxes and sushi along with sake and teas once you’ve worked up an appetite. Morikami is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed Mondays.