{"id":36324,"date":"2014-09-22T23:49:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T03:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=36324"},"modified":"2014-09-22T23:49:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T03:49:23","slug":"wit-life-276-san-diegos-san-kei-en-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/22\/wit-life-276-san-diegos-san-kei-en-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #276: San Diego’s San-Kei-En garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

WIT Life <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/a>is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <\/em>(Kumamo<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>to-ken<\/span><\/a> CIR, 2000-<\/strong><\/em>03). <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>She starts<\/strong><\/em> her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she sha<\/strong><\/em>r<\/strong><\/em>es some of the interesting tidbits and <\/strong><\/em>t<\/strong><\/em>r<\/strong><\/em>ends along with h<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>er own observations.\"20140918_153540_resized\"<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

My interpreting gig continues westward, and I am currently with my interpreting clients in San Diego.\u00a0 It was my first time here in a while, and I was looking forward to seeing what Japanese connections awaited.\u00a0 As a result, I was happy to have some time in between appointments to visit the Japanese Friendship Garden<\/a> in Balboa Park with my group.\u00a0 It’s official name is \u4e09\u666f\u5712 (“San-Kei-En”), which means Water, Pastoral and Mountain.\u00a0 San Diego’s sister city in Japan is Yokohama, and the garden was designed to be an expression of the ties between the people of the two cities.\u00a0 Its gate is dedicated to Charles C. Dail, the former Mayor who began this sister city program in 1957.<\/p>\n

Classes offered at San-Kei-En include ikebana, origami, bonsai and tea ceremony.\u00a0 The original Japanese tea house in Balboa Park had an interesting story.\u00a0 It was built for the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, and when the city couldn\u2019t operate it post-exposition a Japanese couple managed it until 1941.\u00a0 When the U.S. entered World War II that year the couple was interned, and the teahouse was left to deteriorate.\u00a0 It was finally razed in 1955 to make way for a zoo, and then rebuilt in 1990 along with the garden.\u00a0 Renovation is currently taking place at San-Kei-En to develop all of its 11 acres, and some new features will be a traditional teahouse and an outdoor amphitheater.\u00a0 It is expected to be completed in time for the centennial celebration of the Panama-California Exposition next year.\"\"<\/p>\n

Though relatively limited in size in its current incarnation, San-Kei-En\u00a0has lovely walking paths that take you past a bamboo scoop with water basin, a koi pond, a small rock garden and an exhibit area that currently features wire bonsai designed by the artist Olivier Chupeau.\u00a0 His unique metal trees are really interesting creations and will be on display until October 26, so make sure to check them out if you find yourself in San Diego this fall!<\/p>\n

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