a noted expert in Japanese garden design who built the tea house garden at the San Francisco Zen Center and spent the core of his career in the Bay Area before moving to Seattle. He continues to ...

The garden also features the Kashintei Tea House, where visitors can see demonstrations of a traditional tea ceremony, and a Cultural Village where Ikebana, bonsai care and Japanese music classes ...

Reclaimed wood from the house's renovation, beige and terracotta surfaces ... the eye wanders towards a Japanese Zen-inspired garden and the Los Angeles hills, low urban buildings and palm trees in ...