“The Japanese Tea Garden”,

Created as a “Japanese Village” for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the one-acre site showcased a Japanese style garden.  Post exposition, Golden Gate Park superintendent John McLaren allowed landscape architect Makoto Hagiwara to create and maintain a permanent Japanese style garden as a gift for posterity.  Hagiwara became the caretaker of the property, pouring his personal wealth and talents into creating a garden of perfection.  Now, the five-acre garden features classic elements – arched-drum bridge, pagodas, stone lanterns, stepping stone paths, native Japanese plants, serene koi ponds, and a Zen garden.  

One in the series “San Francisco Icons”; © Pamela Rhodes, 2020

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Digital photograph, 8" x 10", matted and framed, 14" x 16"

Digital photograph, 8" x 10", matted, 11" x 14"