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Japan Days Chicago Botanic Garden
Collection
Created by: intrepidmouse
Japan Days is an annual celebration of of Japanese heritage and culture consisting of numerous events and performances such as dancing, taiko, martial arts demonstrations, and even some tea. It ...
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Mie Gakure: Discovering Nikkei Gardeners and their Communities
Collection
Created by: editor
The concept of "mie gakure"—or "hidden and seen"—is a central design principle in Japanese stroll gardens, where the path curves, and elements are arranged so that new, unexpected views are ...
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Japanese Japanese gardening
Collection
Created by: vkraus2
This is a collection of unprofessional digital photos taken by me with my $179.00 5 megapixel Nikon point-and-shoot digital camera that I bought at Best Buy 10 months ago. The ...
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Landscaping America: Occidental College Student Research
Collection
Created by: mpitelka
Students in the Occidental College seminar "Japanophilia: Orientalism, Nationalism, Transnationalism" visited and analyzed gardens in and around Los Angeles as part of a Community-Based Research Project with the Japanese American ...
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Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
Collection
Created by: dotdotdot
Dedicated in April 1981, the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden is 1.5-acre garden situated on the campus of California State University of Long Beach. The construction of the garden was ...
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The Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, AZ
Collection
Created by: jessicasimes
The Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, AZ, also called Ro Ho En, is a 3.5 acre Japanese-style stroll garden with a 5/8 acre koi pond with over 300 koi and ...
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James Irvine Garden
Collection
Created by: jdecker
Completed in 1979, the James Irvine Garden, also known as Seiryu-en, “Garden of the Clear Stream,” is an 8,500 square foot garden built in conjunction with the Japanese American Cultural ...
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Descanso Gardens
Collection
Created by: nfrancis
Created in the 1930’s, Descanso Gardens is a one-hundred and sixty acre collection of gardens and woodlands in Los Angeles. The flora, albeit physically contiguous, is categorized into six main ...
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Theodore Roosevelt High School Japanese Garden
Collection
Created by: pmcenney
A photo-documentation of the Heiwa En or Garden of Peace located in Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School.
Roosevelt High School is located at 4565 Mathews St. Los Angeles, CA 90033. ...
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Japanese Garden postcards
Collection
Created by: cstengan
Vintage postcards from Japanese gardens across the United States.
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Nippon Nursery, Pasadena
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
These men are in front of the Nippon Nursery in Pasadena, California, ca. 1915. The business was founded in 1905 by three Issei. This picture was a gift to the ...
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Part of these collections:
Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden - Timeline
(Item 1 of 11, “1800's-1910's”)
Collected by: eishida
1854
U.S. and Japan sign treaty forcing opening of Japanese ports to American ships and starting limited trade.
1876
First Japanese garden in U.S. presented by Japanese government at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition ...
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Pruning trees
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkm
Inspired by the Landscaping America exhibition, I took this photo on the way to work one day. There's actually another person simultaneously pruning another tree to the right ...
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Hideo Wataguchi mowing lawn in Leimert Park
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: editor
Hideo Wataguchi working on his route in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photograph by Shane Sato. 2007.
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Part of these collections:
Mie Gakure: Discovering Nikkei Gardeners and their Communities
(Item 1 of 32, “Hideo Wataguchi; gardener; Los Angeles”)
Collected by: editor
Hideo Wataguchi is a Kibei originally from Northern California, but resides in Los Angeles.
The Southern California neighborhood that he lives in was developed by Japanese Americans in the post-war era. ...
８ 移民を授業する － 日系アメリカ人の記憶から学ぶ: 吉永道也ジェイムスさん
(Item 4 of 9)
Collected by: team-nikkei-usa
アメリカに戻ってから、渡航費を返すために、庭園業での芝刈りなどをして１年間働きましたが、戦時中の日本で暮らした私には別に苦にもなりませんでした。
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Tachikawa (2)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkraus2
More Japanese gardened trees along the streets of Tachikawa.
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Part of these collections:
Japanese Japanese gardening
(Item 9 of 9)
Collected by: vkraus2
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Tachikawa (1)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkraus2
Japanese gardened trees along the streets of Tachikawa. Photo taken from inside my aunt's car.
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Part of these collections:
Japanese Japanese gardening
(Item 8 of 9)
Collected by: vkraus2
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Shinano-machi (4)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkraus2
More Shinano-machi gardening.
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Part of these collections:
Japanese Japanese gardening
(Item 4 of 9)
Collected by: vkraus2
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Shinano-machi (3)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkraus2
More Shinano-machi gardening.
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Part of these collections:
Japanese Japanese gardening
(Item 3 of 9)
Collected by: vkraus2
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Shinano-machi (2)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkraus2
More of Shinano-machi gardening.
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Part of these collections:
Japanese Japanese gardening
(Item 2 of 9)
Collected by: vkraus2
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Shinano-machi (1)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkraus2
On a morning walk with a friend through the streets of Shinano-machi. FYI: Shinano-machi is the third stop from Shinjuku station on the Yamanote line.
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Part of these collections:
Japanese Japanese gardening
(Item 1 of 9)
Collected by: vkraus2
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Chiba (2)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: vkraus2
Driving the streets of Chiba. Notice the trimmed trees.
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Part of these collections:
Japanese Japanese gardening
(Item 7 of 9)
Collected by: vkraus2
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