The latest of many groups from near and far to visit was also the first ever from Japan.
There may have been a language barrier, for how do you translate sculpture titles like: "Growing Panes" for glass set in flower pots, or "Because I'm Worth It" for a pig in a bath, or "Whirled Wild Web" for a giant spider web.
The same problem applies to our many German and French visitor. For that reason we are now having the garden guide translated into German and French. As far as we have heard, the translators are knotted into verbal contortions to try and came up with original titles, since good translations are not actually about translating ad verbatim. It is all about getting the intented message across.
Our Japanese visitors certainly enjoyed the interactive sculpture called "Public Toilet", showing a man with his trousers down. They didn't get it though, until we opened the door and showed them....the toilet.
