Friday, September 3, 2010

Japanese garden



The idea of the Anderson Japanese Gardens began in 1966 during John Anderson’s first trip to Japan. He was visiting family friend, Mr. Akira Ohno, President of Morinaga Milk Industries of Tokyo. Ohno gave Anderson an inside look at the Japanese people and their culture. When John and Linda Anderson acquired land for a new home in Rockford Illinois, they realized that their new property could potentially be a wonderful setting for a Japanese garden. Since the Andersons already had a strong interest in Japanese culture, they decided to start development of a Japanese-style garden.

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