Japanese Garden (Micke Grove Regional Park)
The Japanese Garden in is a 3-acre Japanese garden in Lodi, California, the brainchild of "Duke" Yoshimura, a Japanese-American. It was created in 1959 and designed by the landscape architect Nagao Sakurai.[1] It was opened in 1965.[2]
The garden includes fish ponds with stepping stones and Koi fish, and a five-story pagoda lantern donated to the park by Lodi’s sister city, Kofu, Japan.[1]
Gallery[]
Garden entrance
A pond
Koi fish
References[]
- ^ a b Machelle Homer (July 26, 2014). "Micke Grove Regional Park: A special place of discovery". Lodi News. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Lodi Japanese Garden". California Gardens. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
Coordinates: 38°04′50″N 121°16′25″W / 38.0806°N 121.2736°W
Categories:
- Lodi, California
- Japanese gardens in California
- Parks in San Joaquin County, California
- Horticulture stubs