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Japanese Tea Garden at Central Park
Name:Japanese Tea Garden at Central Park garden photo
Japanese Garden - San Mateo
Photo: James Phillips



 
Alternate Name:San Mateo Japanese Garden 
Address:El Camino Real and 5th Avenue 
Mailing Address:P. O. Box 1523 
City:San Mateo 
State:California 
Postal Code:94402 
Country:UNITED STATES 
Latitude/Longitude:lat=37.5617; long=-122.3246
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Weather:current weather 
Phone:+1.650.522.7440 or +1.650.522.7420 
Fax: 
E-Mail: 
Contact:San Mateo Arboretum 
Designer(s):Sakurai Nagao 
Construction Period: -  
Public/Private:PUBLIC 
Hours:Mon to Fri, 10am - 4pm; Sat and Sun, 11am - 4pm 
Admission: 
Added to JGarden:1/1/1997 
Last Updated:8/26/2004 
Sources: 
JGarden Description:This garden is an unexpectedly pleasant stroll garden on a forested site in the midst of a highly urbanized setting. It includes a koi pond, a granite pagoda (from Toyonaka, Japan) and a tea house.




Bibliography
Newman, Iva. " 'A Thing of Beauty.' " San Mateo Times. August 21, 1966, p 2A.

Newman, Iva. "The West Looks East for Serenity" San Mateo Times. April 17, 1981, p 3.

Dennis, Julie. "City will celebrate Japanese Garden's 25th Anniversary." San Mateo Times, August 21, 1991, p 23.

Taylor, Joan Chatfield, and Levick, Melba. Visiting Eden: The Public Gardens of Northern California. San Francisco Chronicle, 1993.

 




Although the scene
At Osawa-ike is old,
The same bright autumn moon
Casts down its lucide light.



Osawa no
Ike no keshiki wa
Furi yuke do
Kawarazu sumeru
Aki no yo tsuki

  Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204)
  Shinzoku kokin wakashû
  trans. by M.V. Otake

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