Japanese garden-inspired landscaping.

Through a combination of culturally sensitive direct support.Dara Yin presenting on behalf of API RISESince 2014

who for decades cared for the lantern and its surrounding Japanese garden.directly in front of the team store at the Top Deck.it wasnt just a special tie between Japan and the U.

the team decided to create a garden on the mostly bare hillside that for years could clearly be seen from the upper decks of the stadium.Suzuki helped to coordinate the Brooklyn Dodgers 1956 Goodwill Tour to Japan.

and then thats how they became good friends.

citing the teams ties to Japan and Japanese players.The project draws on Japanese and Japanese American cultural traditions of honoring elders and ancestors through building of monuments of remembrance to repair the racial karma of America.

Like the treasured celadon bowl that lay fractured for decades.participants will be invited to participate in small groups to explore their own personal reflections and engage in community dialogue.

in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum and the USC Ito Center.They begin to uncover items from their past that they knew nothing about.