Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Garden - San Francisco, CA - Japanese Gardens on Waymarking.com

"The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California, is an immensely popular feature of Golden Gate Park, originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. For more than 20 years San Francisco Parks Trusts' Park Guides have given free tours, providing context and history for this historic Japanese-style garden.

The oldest public Japanese garden in the United States, this complex of many paths, ponds and a teahouse features native Japanese and Chinese plants. Also hidden throughout its five acres (20,000 m²) are sculptures and bridges.

Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese immigrant and gardener, over saw the building of the Japanese Tea Garden and was official caretaker of the garden from 1895 to 1925." (visit link)

Name: Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Garden Location (specific park it is located within): Golden Gate Park City: San Francisco Fees: yes Designer: Makato Hagiwara (caretaker 1895 - 1942) Date of Creation: 1894 Garden Website: http://www.sfpt.org/ Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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