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San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden -- Golden Gate Park

Name: San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden -- Golden Gate Park
Uploaded: 2023-09-21T01:00:19+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Austin Klar
Description: In this brief YouTube narration, Austin Klar explains that the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is the oldest public Japanese garden…

21 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube narration, Austin Klar explains that the San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States. He traces its origins to the 1894 California Midwinter Exposition, where it began as a Japanese village exhibit. After the fair, most structures were removed, but a Japanese landscape architect was hired to maintain the garden and lived on site for three decades until his death. During World War II the architect’s family was interned and the garden suffered further damage. Following the post‑war peace agreement between Japan and the United States in the 1950s, the garden was redesignated as a Japanese tea garden and underwent careful restoration over several decades. Klar concludes by noting that tours are free, encourages viewers to visit, and invites them to follow him for more Bay Area history.

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The oldest public Japanese garden in the entire country is right here in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park. The garden started as a Japanese village attraction at the 1894 California Midwinter Exposition, which hosted exhibitions that were meant to represent world cultures. Most of the fair's structures were destroyed after the exhibit, but the brainchild of the exhibit hired a Japanese landscape architect to care for the garden, and the architect lived at the garden for the next 30 years until his death. During World War II, the architect's family was sent to an internment camp and the garden was destroyed again, and it wasn't until Japan and the United States reached a peace agreement in the 1950s 1950s when the garden was redesignated as a Japanese tea garden and painstakingly restored over the next several decades. Tours of the garden are free and it's definitely worth checking out. Follow me for more Bay Area history. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE]