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| The Tea House is one of the surviving buildings from the Japanese Village. The roof of the Tea House, originally a thatching of rice straw, was repaired about 1932 and at that time was covered with cedar bark shingles brought from Japan. Today jasmine and green tea are served by kimono-clad Japanese ladies just as it has been for the past hundred years. Guests at the Tea House partake of their tea looking out at the waterfall and pond area through a fragrant curtain of Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda), a member of the pea family. This was originally planted by Makoto Hagiwara. | ||||||
