Name: Japanese Tea Garden at Central Park  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 Find Gardens Nearby 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