Name: Hayward Japanese Gardens  Japanese Garden - Hayward, Calif. Photo: James Phillips   Alternate Name:   Address: 22373 N. Third St. at Crescent  Mailing Address: Hayward Area Parks and Recreation  City: Hayward  State: California  Postal Code: 94546  Country: UNITED STATES  Latitude/Longitude: lat=37.682146; long=-122.079859 Find Gardens Nearby Weather:   Phone: +1.510.881.6700 or 510.881.6715  Fax: +1.510.888.5758  E-Mail: info@haywardrec.org  Contact:   Designer(s): Kimura Kimio  Contruction Date: 1980  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Daily, 10am - 4pm  Admission: Free  Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 2/17/2004  JGarden Description: This site includes a koi pond, teahouse and several viewing pavilions set along a ravine. More than three acres of Japanese and native California trees, rocks, and plants are arranged in traditional Japanese style. The area also includes a small pond containing koi and golfish, as well as a teahouse. Bibliography Doss, Margo Patterson. " A Terrific New Garden." San Francisco Chronicle magazine. March 27, 1985, p 4. Kimura Kimio. "Japanese Landscape Design and it's Applications." Master's thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 1971.

The spring rain Which hangs to the branches Of the green willow Looks like pearls Threaded on a string.   Lady Ise   Kokinshû(?)   trans. by Arthur Waley   9th century