Japanese Friendship Garden
San Diego, CA
~$16 adult / ~$8 child
By Simir Shah
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AI summary of 5 Google reviews — not a first-hand visit. How we write these
Paths are wide and there are benches and shaded spots throughout, which reviewers with a young child used for breaks. Koi ponds and bonsai are the highlights. Most spend an hour or two. Parts have been under construction. Paid admission, with food available just outside the entrance.
Serene Balboa Park garden with koi ponds, bonsai, a waterfall, and seasonal cherry blossoms. Its roots go back to a Japanese teahouse and garden built for the 1915 exposition and tended for decades by the Asakawa family, until World War II forced its closure; the present-day garden reopened in 1990 through San Diego's sister-city ties with Yokohama. A 2015 expansion nearly doubled the garden to its current 11 acres.
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2215 Pan American E Rd, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
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