The Japanese Tea Garden, located in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, features pagodas, lily ponds, a tea house, large trees, dwarf trees and more.  This little part of the City is ideal as an escape from the noise and haste of the world.  Historically, the Tea Garden is significant in that the place was tended to by the Japanese-American Hagiwara family from 1895-1942.  In 1942, when all Japanese Americans were relocated to concentration camps, the Hagiwara family was not exempt.  This photo collection is not intended to be all inclusive.  The Garden is a photographer's delight.  These pictures were taken during a warm, early Autumn morning.  Click for Locator Map.  Photo Gallery Thirty-six was first published May 7, 2007 by City Birds.