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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 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 ...
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden: Philadelphia: Pennsylvania: 17th century-style Japanese house and 1.2-acre garden Shore Acres State Park: Coos Bay: Oregon: Includes a Japanese-style garden built around a 100-foot lily pond Shoto-Teien Japanese Gardens: Sioux Falls: South Dakota: Website part of Terrace Park [26] [27] Sister City Park ...
Little Tokyo (Japanese: リトル・トーキョー), also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America. [4]
Hakone Gardens is an 18-acre (7.3 ha) traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, United States.A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential gardens in the Western Hemisphere.
One such policy, implemented in the early 20th century, effectively erased a Japanese presence in the California wine industry, along with what could have been strides forward for domestic winemaking.
Paul and Nancy Fong prepare meals for the lunch rush at the Chicago Cafe in Woodland. The family diner, established in 1903, was recently recognized as California's oldest Chinese restaurant.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]