Japanese Tea Garden

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A decorative moon bridge in the Tea Garden, long a particular favorite of youth accompanying their parents.

The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California, was an immensely popular feature of Golden Gate Park originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. For more than 20 years San Francisco Parks Trusts' Park Guides have given free tours [1] providing context and history for this historic Japanese-style garden.

The oldest public Japanese garden in the United States, this complex of many paths, ponds and a teahouse features native Japanese and Chinese plants. Also hidden throughout its five acres (20,000 m²) are sculptures and bridges.

Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese gardener was official caretaker of the garden from 1895 to 1925.

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A step-stone bridge

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