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050			_aSB 479.G8 _b.N439 2007
100			_aNewcomer, David M. _9108122
245		0	_aPublic Japanese gardens in the USA : _bpresent and past Northern California / _cDavid M. Newcomer.
260			_aSan Ramon, CA : _bFalcon Books, _cc2007
300			_a309 p. : _bill. _c23 cm.
520			_aWhether you are a local resident or a traveler on vacation or business in Northern California, without this new visitor's guide, you may never know or never find these amazing and refreshing Japanese gardens. Each chapter on one of these eight, uniquely different and beautiful gardens open to the public includes... ΓÇó A basic fact sheet with address, telephone number, days and times open, admission costs, wheelchair access. ΓÇó A garden map highlighting each garden feature. ΓÇó Specific private and public transportation directions. ΓÇó A history of the garden, including designer, as well as key persons and organizations. ΓÇó A guided stroll through the garden with photographs from key viewing locations. In addition... When visiting these public Japanese gardens, you may be surprised to learn about and want to visit twenty-two near-by Points of Interest related to your appreciation of "things Japanese:" Japanese tea rooms, Japantowns, large temple bells, stone monuments, memorials, sister city lanterns, temple gardens and much more. In addition... With the aid of old photographs, you will visit and learn the fascinating histories of ten Past or Deceased Points of Interest and, with reconstructed garden maps, stroll three international exposition Japanese gardens which, though long forgotten, were very popular and influential gardens as far back as 1894."www.amazon.com"
650			_aGardens, Japanese _zCalifornia, Northern. _9108123
650			_aGardens, Japanese _zCalifornia. _9108124
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