March 14, 2024 by Keiji Uesugi, Nichi Bei News Columnist
I had the opportunity to visit for the first time the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in Texas during the week of March 6. My trip was […] READ MORE
March 17, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
If you know, you know: Tucked away in the middle of a residential neighborhood in Hayward, Calif. is a stunning Japanese garden. It’s not a secret place, but walking in, […] READ MORE
January 1, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
In 2014, Johnny Cofer, who is incarcerated at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Ore. told the institution’s activities director, Patrice Lans, he would love to see a Japanese garden […] READ MORE
August 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
SAN MATEO, Calif. — For more than 50 years, San Mateo’s Japanese Garden has served as a symbol of good will and cultural appreciation. Throughout August, the city is commemorating […] READ MORE
August 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
As part of the 110th anniversary of San Francisco’s Japantown, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California proposes to build a Japanese garden commemorating the Issei pioneers that […] READ MORE
August 21, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
With California facing a historic water shortage, the Nichi Bei Weekly asked award-winning landscape architect Takeo Uesugi and his son, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona landscape architect professor Keiji Uesugi, […] READ MORE
August 23, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Interested in installing a Japanese garden, and don’t know the first thing to do? Or perhaps you appreciate Japanese aesthetics, but want to make a more eco-conscious decision to conserve […] READ MORE
April 12, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
SAN MARINO, Calif. — The historic Japanese Garden at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens reopened to the public April 11. The Japanese garden celebrates its centennial following […] READ MORE
December 24, 2010 by Alec Yoshio MacDonald, Nichi Bei News
Greetings from Chicago, Illinois, where your blogger for Nichi Bei Natural is braving a chilly week with the help of warm friends and family. Headed out to the Chicago Botanic Garden today […] READ MORE