Nice, relaxing spot with good photo ops. I especially like the big pond and coy fish. It'd be a good place to take family or a date for a picnic.
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Nice, relaxing spot with good photo ops. I especially like the big pond and coy fish. It'd be a good place to take family or a date for a picnic.
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Great place for a stroll or picnic. Nicely manicured, clean, well maintained.
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Free parking in weekdays, free entrance. This quaint garden is well kept and clean. Although the tea room was closed when we visited, it's something to check out on the weekends.
The pond had ducks, guppies and a couple of koi fish hiding underneath the bridge. This pond would be breathtaking if there had more koi fish.
They had planted...
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Wonderful place for a picnic lunch. Located across the parking lot from Happy Hollow.
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Good place to take a date or the children just to walk around and take a few pictures or sit on the benches. Similar to Asian gardens I've seen abroad, I'd recommend this little part of Kelly Park and maybe walk to the historic town part too. I think it's all free, but they might charge parking on some days...
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This is one of the best Japanese Gardens in the United States. Allow at least one hour to check it out!
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It's free to get it and a peaceful place to be. There's no Koi since "people stole them or a lot of them died" per personnel, but they're expected to have them again sometime this year- July, I believe.
Cons: the water is a murky, dirty green color....maybe that's why the Koi went bye bye?
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Been here three times already!
It is a pretty decent size garden which will take a good hour of your time to fully see everything, but you will want to stay longer. This garden was suppose to be a replica of gardens from one of San Jose's sister cities, Okayama, Japan.
There are streams, a waterfall and a tea house....
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Last week was our second trip to the park. I wanted to show my daughter the koi fish in the garden. But the pond was dry and most fish had died of some virus. There was a notice saying that they are cleaning the pond and will restock the pond with more fish in March, 2010. The garden is not...
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This beautiful garden has many different types of plants including cherry trees. There are two huge ponds filled with koi that you can feed. Many pathways are available to stroll upon. However some are steep. There is also a tea house where you can have tea and snacks.
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