Resources

Article from the Museum Magazine:
The Japanese Garden - American Style

DiscoverNikkei.org Resources

Nikkei Album collections
Check out DiscoverNikkei.org's Nikkei Album, an innovative and versatile tool that allows contributors to record and share the global voices, stories, and histories of Nikkei around the world. Presented here are some Landscaping America inspired collections. We hope that you use the tool to create your own.

Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden – Timeline
This collection presents the timeline from Landscaping America. In addition to the timeline dates, it also includes selected photographs and stories from the exhibition.

Mie Gakure: Discovering Nikkei Gardeners and their Communities
Inspired by the personal stories of Japanese American gardeners that were "unearthed" for the exhibition, we invite people to share their own connections to Nikkei gardeners, Japanese-style gardens, related businesses such as lawnmower shops and nurseries, and the communities that emerged around them. Honor the Nikkei gardeners in your family! NOW ONLINE: Some of the interviews conducted at the Landscaping America exhibition opening. More to come!

Landscaping America: Occidental College Student Research
Students from Occidental College visited and analyzed gardens in and around Los Angeles as part of a Community-Based Research Project in collaboration with the exhibition's project team.

Japanese Garden postcards
Collection of vintage postcards from Japanese gardens across the United States.

Real People Video Archives
DiscoverNikkei.org's Real People section shares video clips from life history interviews that let you hear first-person stories of the Nikkei experience by people who have lived it. Below are a selection of Nikkei gardener-related interviews.

Lou Kitashima - Sansei gardener from Los Angeles. Once known as the "Gardener for the Stars"

John Naka - Bonsai master instrumental in spreading the art of bonsai throughout the western world

Mas Kodani: A Japanese American gardening dance - Rev. Masao Kodani, co-founder of Kinnara Taiko, talks about writing the "Gardener's Dance"

Articles
DiscoverNikkei.org's Community Forum includes several Nikkei gardener-related articles.

Nurturing a Family Business: The Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery from the Summer 2007 issue of the Japanese American National Museum Member Magazine

Reinventing Culture - Japanese Style Gardens in America by Carla Tengan

The Cultural Implications and Authenticity of Japanese-style Gardens of California by Justin Tanaka

Reflections of a Gardener's Son by Yosh Kuromiya

Japanese American Gardeners: Their Stories and Their Landscapes from the Museum Store Online

A Yonsei's Reflections...on Unearthing My Family's Values by Vicky Murakami-Tsuda

Half Enough - The East L.A. Gardeners Association sign on First Street by Victoria Kraus

The Making of Mamo's Weeds: Mystery of an L.A. Gardener's Life by Naomi Hirahara

More to come!