San-shi-en Garden - Manzanar, California
Posted by: 
Touchstone
N 36° 43.730 W 118° 09.626
11S E 396381 N 4065419
The San-shi-en or 3-4 Garden, is located within the Manzanar Relocation Camp along I395. Once home to over 10,000 Americans of Japanese descent, the Camp is now entrusted to the care of the National Park Service.
Waymark Code: WM74P8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2009
Views: 14
The 3-4 Garden on the Northern boundary of the Camp, is one of about four gardens that were constructed between 1943-1945, when Manzanar was in operation.
The Camp was layed out in Blocks, and the 3-4 Garden is one that the Camp inhabitants obviously took great pride in. Stones were apparently gathered from outside the barbed wire enclosure, and hauled to this spot.
The Park Service is in the midst of preserving various areas of the Camp, and this Garden, although not restored to its former glory, is amazingly well preserved. An interpretive display at the South end of the Garden, explanes the elements of the Garden, as well as the efforts to restore Manzanar.
Name: San-shi-en
Location (specific park it is located within): Manzanar Historical Park
City: Independence
Designer: Unknown
Date of Creation: 1943
Garden Website: http://www.nps.gov/manZ/index.htm
Fees: Not Listed
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
|
Visit Instructions:
To help give a different perspective and to better the waymark for future visitors please tell us about your visit and upload a favorite photograph you took while visiting the garden. Although visiting this waymark in person is the only thing required of you to receive credit for your visit, taking the time to add this information is greatly appreciated.