The Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena, California, is a historic 1.45-acre Hill and Pond Strolling Garden built around water, pathways, and shifting views. Charles and Ellamae Storrier Stearns hired first-generation immigrant landscape designer Kinzuchi Fujii in 1935, and the project took years to design and construct, with the garden itself costing $150,000. Its ponds, waterfalls, hills, bridges, winding paths, and imported Japanese materials give it a distinctive character. The garden became an important landmark for Pasadena's Japanese community, and after its teahouse burned in 1981, it was rebuilt to the original plans by Takeo Uesugi. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

San Marino, California · USA