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San Antonio, Texas
- Japanese Sunken Gardens & Chinese Tea Gardens |
| Japanese Sunken Gardens
/ Chinese Tea Gardens |
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| In 1915, the city requested a Japanese immigrant and his wife to transform an old rock quarry into a Japanese-styled garden, and a man named Mr. Kimi Eizo Jingu agreed to the task. He started with a rock house, which still stands today and is surrounded by winding pebble walkways, stone bridges, a waterfall and tranquil pools. His work transformed the old rock quarry into a garden filled with lily ponds and lush green vegetation. With the onset of World War II and the growing anti-Japanese sentiment that surrounded it, the city council changed the garden's name to "Chinese Sunken Garden." In 1983, the original name was finally restored. | |
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| Thank you for viewing the photos
that were taken in the Japanese Sunken Gardens / Chinese Tea Gardens,
now please choose one of the other five categories below for more
photos and perhaps some historical facts. You can view these pages in any order you choose. |
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Japanese Gardens |
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AFTER
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in the menu above, please continue on to Ozona,
Texas |