"Every Japanese temple garden has these three stones ... Scotch pine stands sentry near a clearing that marks the open Moon Gate to the temple, through which the heart is exposed.

In 1894, 25 cents gained you entry to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. A lot has changed since then, but the novelty of these serene, pine-and-rock-filled oases hasn’t worn off.

In 1976, the Antique Gate, donated by the Japanese Ancestral Society ... honoring the full moon in autumn. This moon was seen from the garden in 2010. The first public tea presentation by ...

Inside you'll find waterfalls, Japanese-style buildings, a 5-story pagoda, the delicately arched, half-moon-shaped ... there ...

Other gardens in the book, which focuses on the United States and Canada, include the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park in San ... and full moon, or at dawn, I am perhaps a bit partial ...

creating the new "Gardens of Golden Gate Park." The proposal would bring together the Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco Botanical Garden, and the Conservatory of Flowers -- all three of which ...

We recommend a visit to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, where you can follow curving pathways around ponds with golden koi flickering under the surface, pause in front of spectacular ...

The Japanese Tea Garden, the oldest public Japanese garden in North America, is a popular attraction with tourists and locals alike. But few know that it was once also home to the man who designed ...

A torii gate sits in the pond of the upper Japanese garden at Point Defiance Park this week. A redesign of the garden has been on Metro Parks Tacoma’s to-do list for years. Craig Sailor The News ...

The garden is saturated with moon symbolism. The name Katsura, although referring to the region where the villa was built, it is also the common name for a Japanese tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum.

Situated in the center of one of the oldest Japanese gardens in the country, this open-air tea room attracts tourists and locals alike. The zen garden is dotted with koi ponds, waterfalls ...