In San Diego, there is a place where you can be transported to exciting spots all over the world without ever leaving Southern California.
In 1915, a beautiful preserve of lush land was transformed into a corner of Spain with the construction of ornate Spanish Colonial Revival buildings for the Panama-California Exposition. The buildings of this expo and the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition have been preserved all these years as Balboa Park, a haven in the middle of downtown San Diego for nature, arts, and culture.
Today, Balboa Park remains a tribute to many different countries, ethnicities, and cultures around the world. A younger part of this international celebration is the Japanese Friendship Garden (JFG), which is considered both a garden and a museum….