Yokkaichi Freindship Garden - Long Beach, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 33° 46.531 W 118° 08.052
11S E 394981 N 3737844
This Sister City Garden is located in Long Beach, California's Recreation Park and celebrates the sisterhood of Long beach with Yokkaichi, Japan.
Waymark Code: WMBM8D
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2011
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There's no plaque here...but a wooden sign indicates that the nearby garden is the Yokkaichi Freindship Garden. Surprisingly, the garden isn't a Japanese garden...but a stylized lawn with flower beds surrounding a star-shaped concrete divider.
Long Beach and Yokkaichi became sister cities in 1963,
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A Long Beach, California, USA - Sochi, Russia Sister City friendship Tree is across the street from this garden.