Osaka/Chicago Sister City Tree - Chicago, IL
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A dedicated tree planted by the Osaka/Chicago Sister City Partnership in honor of their 35th anniversary.
Waymark Code: WM13B8D
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2020
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This dedicated tree was planted by the Osaka/Chicago Sister City Partnership in honor of their 35th anniversary in 2008.
The tree is just outside the entrance of a Japanese garden that was restored in honor of the partnership. The site is where the Japanese pavilion stood in the 1893 World's Fair.
Twin Cities / Sister Cities:
Osaka, Japan and Chicago, United States
Address:
The tree is on Wooded Island in Jackson Park in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. It is just outside the entrance to the Garden of the Phoenix.
Text:
The full marker reads:
October 18, 2008
To commemorate our 35th anniversary, the Osaka/Chicago Sister City Partnership plants this tree to replace an ancient bur oak destroyed by a storm in the spring of 2008.
There is Japanese text beneath this English text.
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