Japanese Garden at Central Park

Visit this garden to experience a traditional Japanese tea garden, and also to see how a serene setting can be developed successfully in the middle of an intensely developed urban community. A joint effort of San Mateo, its gardening community, and a sister city in Japan, this garden presents both dramatic vistas and skillfully executed detail. A special bonus to the home gardener are the wide variety of trees in the garden, most of which will thrive in local gardens.

Nagao Sakurai, the chief landscape architect at Japan's Imperial Palace, designed the garden. There are labeled plants, evergreens, waterfalls, and koi ponds.

Admission to the garden is free. The garden is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Location: El Camino at 5th Avenue, San Mateo California Telephone 650-377-4640

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