stated Bill Watanabe of the Little Tokyo Historical Society.

including immigrants from Japan under the Refugee Relief Act.The Southern California Gardeners Federation was recognized at the White House in 1981.

the number of Japanese American gardeners has been decreasing.If you search for Japanese Garden in Los Angeles on the Internet.Thank you very much for your cooperation.

a commemorative ceremony and unveiling of the monument will take place on Sunday.but now it is crowded and the Japanese atmosphere has disappeared.

Professor Uesugi said that the two streams of water in Seiryu-en represent the first.

There are records that one in five Japanese Americans in Southern California was a gardener.Asian American contributors included artist/production manager C.

My First Hundred Years: The Memoirs of Nellie Nakamura.San Francisco) and Rafael Jesus Gonzalez (Berkeley).

formerly incarcerated Japanese Americans.visual artist/educator Elizabeth Travelslight.