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30-896: Japanese Friendship Garden is used to describe many gardens including: Japanese Friendship Garden (Balboa Park) in San Diego, California Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park) in San Jose, California Ro Ho En in Phoenix, Arizona Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge, Alberta Yuko-En on the Elkhorn, Kentucky-Japan Friendship Garden in Georgetown, Kentucky Friendship Garden in Hope, British Columbia Topics referred to by

60-475: A Japanese garden. In 1977, after hearing the plans by many San Diegans to reestablish a Japanese garden, Yokohama gave San Diego 100 cherry blossom trees that now blossom at the Wild Animal Park. During 1977 and 1978, a series of public conferences were held to make plans for the new garden. These events allowed the general public to get involved in the designing of Balboa's new garden. The next step

90-558: A Polynesian theme. The Kona Kai Club still exists but has been remodeled to a Spanish theme. Many of the original tiki-themed buildings such as L'Escale , Shelter Isle Inn , and Kona Inn have been demolished. Shelter Island contains one yacht club, the Silvergate Yacht Club, and it creates a sheltered harbor for two others, San Diego Yacht Club and the Southwestern Yacht Club. Shelter Island

120-425: A dredging program that provided a new entrance to the yacht basin, and the dredged material was used to connect Shelter Island with Point Loma, and to further raise the island 14 feet above low tide; then another project raised it 7 feet above high tide. In 1960, the media described Shelter Island as "something from nothing", "a testimonial to human ingenuity", and "a man made wonderland of sub-tropical splendor". Per

150-575: A professional feasibility study completed to determine if sufficient financial support was available. Not only did funds have to be identified from San Diego, but also from a sources throughout the United States and Japan. The study showed that support for the project was strong, so with the cooperation of Mayor Pete Wilson and the City of San Diego, the new Japanese Friendship Garden was under way. In 1985, Landscape Architect Takeshi Ken Nakajima named

180-520: A special city overlay zone, all buildings on Shelter Island are supposed to follow a "Polynesian" theme, which was very popular in the 1950s when the area was first developed and attracted a concentration of multiple exotically themed restaurants and " tiki bars ". Still operating since 1954, the famous Bali Hai restaurant has a tiki bar and its own yacht dock; in its early days it had Polynesian floor shows. The Half Moon Inn , with its attached Humphrey's restaurant and summer concert venue, also retains

210-497: A symbol of the strong cultural and commercial ties that linked the two nations, the Teahouse and garden were eventually closed. After the world exposition, the city was not going to pay to upkeep and maintain the garden so they looked for a Japanese couple to run the tea house. Some of my earliest memories was painting the bridges every three years with red paint; taking down the shoji screens and replacing them with rice paper around

240-515: A tea and herb garden.” Additionally, the expansion allowed for more cultural events, programming, and community partnerships, such as the Cherry Blossom Festival, Summer Camp program, and an Obon Festival. The garden also planned year-long exhibitions highlighting the history of Japanese entities in the park, including a documentary featuring oral histories and a showcase of Japanese artists in porcelain and basketry. This expansion

270-559: Is a popular place for viewing the annual Big Bay Boom fireworks display on the Fourth of July , as well as the Parade of Lights, a December tradition in which boats decorated with holiday lights parade on the Bay to be viewed from the shore. Shelter Island contains several notable pieces of public art. The Tunaman's Memorial, a larger-than-life bronze sculpture by Franco Vianello, is dedicated to

300-592: Is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land. It was originally a sandbank in San Diego Bay , visible only at low tide. It was built up into dry land using material dredged from the bay in 1934. It was developed in the 1950s and contains hotels, restaurants, marinas, and public parkland. Shelter Island is owned and controlled by the Port of San Diego , which also provides all police and other public services. Shelter Island businesses lease their location from

330-563: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Japanese Friendship Garden (Balboa Park) The Japanese Friendship Garden also holds an annual Cherry Blossom Festival. During the festival, visitors encounter Japanese tradition of flower viewing or hanami including other traditional practices in the Japanese culture. This includes Japanese street food, performances from traditional dancers and Japanese drum or taiko troupes, and more! In 2023,

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360-683: Is known as a destination for superyachts because it contains one of the few marinas in San Diego Bay with a deep enough harbor for these oversized vessels. The annual YachtFest, spotlighting superyachts, is held at Shelter Island Marina every September. The event also features mock gunbattles between two replicas of 19th century tall ships from the collection of the San Diego Maritime Museum . From June through September, nationally known musicians and comedians perform at an outdoor concert venue on Shelter Island. The area

390-688: The Cherry Blossom festival had “performances by the San Diego Japanese Hula Club, the Buddhist Temple of San Diego’s Ondo Dancers as well as taiko—a Japanese drum—troupes.” In Balboa Park the year 1915, San Diego opened its Panama–California Exposition . Designed to call attention to San Diego and bolster the economy, the Exposition highlighted archaeological and anthropological displays as well as advertised

420-612: The City of San Diego to identify the current site of the garden, acquired a Japanese Gate. They installed it just to the north of the Organ Pavilion . In. 1968, they dedicated the gate as the Charles C. Dail Memorial Japanese Gate in order to honor the commitment by the people of San Diego. The gate was near the entrance to the 11 acres (4.5  ha ) set aside in Balboa Park, the eventual construction and restoration site of

450-484: The Japanese Friendship Garden celebrated its centennial with a nine-acre expansion project, totalling the garden to 11 acres. The expansion was funded with support from members and a $ 3 million commitment from Dr. Kazuo Inamori, where they "began in early 2010 with creation of the dry waterfall, a connecting water feature, the dragon bridge, cherry tree grove, camellia and azalea garden, nursery, and

480-515: The Port of San Diego. Under California law, property on Shelter Island cannot be sold and permanent residences cannot be built there, because the area falls under the law governing public tidelands . The "island" is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long and only a few hundred feet wide. A single street, Shelter Island Drive, runs the length of Shelter Island and also connects it to the mainland via a causeway lined with marine-related businesses. Shelter Island

510-533: The agricultural potential of the southwest. One of the popular exhibits was a Japanese "Teahouse" built just north of the Botanical Building in an area that is now occupied by the Children's Zoo. The Teahouse was a one-story building with an open veranda where visitors to the Exposition could sit, sip tea, and enjoy a garden landscaped in a manner few had seen other than from photos of Japan. There

540-517: The garden San-Kei-En, which means garden of three types of scenery—pastoral, mountain, and lake. The initial Master Plan was designed so that garden could be constructed in five phases, with the first opening in August 1990. While planning for the second phase, the Master Plan was changed and the phase system was discontinued. In September 1999, the second major improvement project for the garden

570-406: The garden was also a chore. Of my fondest memories of the tea house was one of peace; nice and quiet, surrounded by lush trees. I enjoyed living there growing up as the eldest child of three. My parents used to harvest bamboo shoots when they grew to be about twelve inches tall and prepared them for food. The living quarters consisted of two bedrooms and one bathroom, an attic upstairs. The tea house

600-474: The koi pond. It contained 50-100 koi and the famous wisteria arbors. I remember a professional Japanese photographer asking my mother to pose for him in front of the wisteria, the photo is now known as the wisteria photo. After the photographer returned back to his homeland, he blossomed into a very prominent photographer. From 1914 through 1941, the Japanese Tea Garden remained the same until it

630-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Japanese Friendship Garden . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese_Friendship_Garden&oldid=895504090 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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660-405: The tuna fishermen who were formerly an important part of the area's economy. The Yokohama Friendship Bell, a large bronze bell housed in a pagoda structure, was a gift from the city of Yokohama , Japan in 1958 to commemorate the sister city relationship between San Diego and Yokohama. Pacific Rim Park at the southwestern end of Shelter Island was created by artist James Hubbell and is centered on

690-428: Was a Japanese Garden adjacent to the "Teahouse" which could be described as plants, stone lanterns, bronze cranes, and a winding stream squeezed into a small space so small that everything was foreground. While the garden lacked a sense of depth or borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") , details were carefully executed by the gardeners who were well versed in the techniques of bonsai and ikebana. The overall harmony of elements

720-436: Was carried out and completed. The design team for this project was led by landscape architect Professor Takeo Uesugi . The Improvement Project included: The improvement project took two years of planning, but many of the design elements planned were ultimately built incorporated into the final plan. The Japanese Friendship Garden was closed to the public for approximately six months and re-opened September 21, 1999. In 2015,

750-519: Was dismantled. In 1955, key citizens of San Diego gathered, and formulated a plan for restoring a Japanese garden in Balboa Park on an expanded site. As the first tangible symbol of this effort, the City of Yokohama presented the City of San Diego with a snow lantern in 1956. Following that in 1958, they presented the Friendship Bell, which can now be found on Shelter Island . The San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society, whose members worked with

780-525: Was first recorded on a United States coast and geodetic map as a "mudbank". It was gradually formed by deposit of soil and sand from the San Diego River. The sandbar was used to dump materials from dredging of San Diego Bay for US Navy requirements in World War II which required a deepening of the harbor channel, further building it up. In the late 1940s The San Diego Harbor Commission undertook

810-550: Was opened to the public. The customers of the Japanese Tea House enjoyed their tea, sandwiches (ham and chicken salad) and noodles around porch that surrounded the tea house. Inside, you would find tatami mats, traditional flooring of Japan made of bamboo. Visitors could also find one of a kind gifts that his parents imported from Japan. I believed that my mother was accredited to being the first to incorporate green tea powder with ice cream! More of my recollections were of

840-476: Was predicted to double the amount of annual visitors from the previous 100,000 and it is anticipated for the numbers to continue to climb. 32°43′47″N 117°08′58″W  /  32.7296°N 117.1494°W  / 32.7296; -117.1494 Shelter Island, San Diego Shelter Island is a neighborhood of Point Loma in San Diego, California , United States. It is actually not an island but

870-457: Was sacrificed as effects were compressed for space. In Japan there are often fences or walls surrounding the garden, but in Balboa Park at that time, there was neither fence nor wall to help create and define areas or moods. For nearly 30 years, the Teahouse and garden were operated and maintained by the Asakawa family, who continue to this day as active members of the San Diego community. Though

900-721: Was to design a master plan. For this task, the society called upon the architectural firm of Fong & LaRocca Associates. Takeo Uesugi , the Landscape Architect and Japanese Garden Design Consultant, was to help them in planning and designing the garden. In 1979 the Department of Parks & Recreation and the City Council's Public Facilities & Recreation Committee approved the Japanese Garden Master Plan for Balboa Park. The society had

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