Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Entrances To The Garden - No Nails Were Used To Construct The Gates

Main Entrance
South Gate

A Tree Separates The Entrance Way From The Rest Of An Area

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Mt. Fuji

Tour Guide Linda Cahill With Some Of The Group

A Cup Of Tea In The Garden

The Tea House - Tea Ceremony Available Upon Request And The Hagiwara Family Introduced The Fortune Cookie

A Tsukubai, A Cleansing Basin From A Village In Japan Was A Gift To The Garden By Gumps

Gateway To Hagiwara Home - Great Place For Wedding Photos

Hagiwara Home Now A Gift Shop And Origami On Display

Budda Was Cast In Japan In 1790 And Was A Gift To The Garden From Gumps In 1949

Dragon Bush


Reflective Hailstone Pathway

Bridge connecting The Garden

Taiko-Bashi Moon Bridge

Meditation Garden

Gravel Represents Water Surrounding An Island



Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Meditation Garden

Cleansing Area Of The Garden
Stones Represent A Water Fall And Greenry Represents A Wall

Asian Pagoda And Steps

Pagoda - Exhibit At The 1915 World's Fair.  Lightning Rod Added As Protection.

Steps To The Pagoda 
 

 

Koi Pond

The Redwoods

Cousins Of The Redwood

The Redwood


Asian Gateway

Asian Gateway - Exhibit At The 1915 World's Fair



  






     

Peace Lantern

Lantern Of Peace Purchased By The Children Of Japan And Presented To San Francisco In 1953.

Hagiwara Personal Garden And Dwarf Trees

Hugh And Audrey Fraser, Ruth Asawa, and George Turner Marsh


The Hagiwara garden collection was purchased by the Frasers when the Hagiwaras were evicted.  After the death of Mrs. Fraser, it was moved back to the San Francisco Tea Garden.


A stone memorial by Ruth Aswara to Makoto Hagiwara who maintained the garden from 1895 to 1942.

George Turner Marsh played a major role in creating the Japanese village for the 1894 World's Fair.

Sprinkler Attack

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Stow Lake


Stow Lake Boat Dock
 

 

Chinese Pavillon - A Gift From Taipei April 1981

View Of The Lake