The Japanese Tea Gardens in San Antonio had a grand re-opening ceremony this month! Thanks to Mary Grace K for alerting us of this good news. Here are a few articles about the tea gardens interesting history and recent re-opening:

San Antonio Parks & Recreation Department's Japanese Tea Garden: A History

Japanese Tea Gardens to Reopen - 2/15/08 article from the San Antonio Express-News

Japanese Tea Garden Memories - San Antonio Express-News Readers' Comments

San Antonio Parks Foundation - Friends of the Parks

Also, we have just posted an essay and timeline about Japanese Americans in Texas written by Thomas Walls.

To see the full list of project-related resources that are available on the Discover Nikkei website, please visit http://www.janm.org/django/projects/ec/resources/discovernikkei/

Thomas Walls is the author of the important book, The Japanese Texans. To learn more or to purchase a copy from UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures, please click here.