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The villa that forms the district's centerpiece was constructed from 1911 to 1914 by artisans and craftsmen from Japan for the German-American Adolph Leopold Bernheimer (1866-1944) and Eugene Elija Bernheimer (1865-1924) [noted as brothers to Charles L. Bernheimer] to house their collection of Japanese art and valuable items. Mainly acquired in ...
Redman Hirahara Farmstead is a complex including a historic house designed by William Weeks (1897) and a vernacular barn in the Pajaro Valley, south of Watsonville, California. A Japanese American owned farm which was maintained by local citizens and watched over by family friend, attorney John McCarthy, during the internment of Japanese ...
The Walnut Grove Japanese-American Historic District is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) designated U.S. Historic District in Walnut Grove, California. The bulk of Walnut Grove's Japantown was built in 1915–16 following the 1915 fire which destroyed Walnut Grove's Chinatown.
Includes a Japanese garden Ippakutei Tea House, Embassy of Japan: Washington D.C. D.C. Website, authentic Japanese tea house and replica of the rock garden at Ryōan-ji, open for events by the Japan Information & Culture Center Japanese Friendship Garden: San Diego: California
The Shoseian Teahouse, also known as the Whispering Pine Teahouse (the English translation of "Shoseian"), is a teahouse in Brand Park in Glendale, California.It is one of the only traditional Japanese teahouses that is available for public use in the U.S. [1] The building is an important gathering place for the city's Japanese community.
The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...
The Harada House (Japanese: ハラダハウス, [3] Harada Hausu) is a historic house in Riverside, California. The house was the focus of a critical application of the California Alien Land Law of 1913, which prevented foreigners who were ineligible for citizenship from owning property. The state of California attempted to seize the property ...
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in California.The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]