Torii Square Park, dedicated to Yoko Nakamura Kishmoto - Westminster, CO
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N 39° 50.053 W 105° 02.028
13S E 497107 N 4409358
This monument was in honor of Japanese Exchange Student Yoko Nakamura Kishmoto.
Waymark Code: WMMK79
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2014
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"Torii Square Park is a 1.7 acre park that was originally constructed in 1975. The Rotary Club of Westminster dedicated a memorial for an exchange student, Yoko Nakamura Kishmoto, from Shizuoka, Japan at the park on July 27, 1975. The site also has a plaque dedicated to the first Westminster resident, Pleasant DeSpain, who homesteaded immediately north of the park site in 1870.
The renovations were made to instill a Japanese theme within the park and included a new shelter, concrete sidewalks, a shade garden around the shelter area with a natural play element, a planting bed along the south fencing, lighting, a new irrigation system and a “torii” gate." (excerpted from (
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