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 flowers withered, Their color faded away, While meaninglessly I spent my days in the world And the long rains were falling.   Ono no Komachi   9th century