Yokkaichi Freindship Garden - Long Beach, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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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,
Read more about Yokkaichi at (visit link) and about Long Beach at (visit link)

A Long Beach, California, USA - Sochi, Russia Sister City friendship Tree is across the street from this garden.
Twin Cities / Sister Cities:
Yokkaichi, Japan and Long Beach, California, USA

Address:
Recreation Park E. 7th Street (near Federation) Long Beach, CA

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