Hakone Historic District

21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, California. County/parish: Santa Clara.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 23, 2013. NRIS 13000181.

2 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 6 contributing structures. 13 contributing objects.

Also known as:

  • Hakone
  • Hakone Estate and Gardens
  • Hakone Gardens

From Wikipedia:

Hakone Gardens

Hakone Gardens is an 18-acre (7.3 ha) traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, United States. A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential gardens in the Western Hemisphere. Notable features include a bamboo garden, a Zen garden, a strolling garden (the Hill and Pond Garden), tea houses, and the Cultural Exchange Center, which is an authentic reproduction of a 19th-century Kyoto tea merchant's house and shop.

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