Scenarios and Customs of Japan

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2010: Centennial Celebration of the Fabyan Japanese Garden

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Colonel George and Nelle Fabyan hired Taro Otsuka to design a Japanese garden for their lavish Riverbank estate in 1910.

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1991: Sumiko Kobayashi donates books that belonged to Nelle Fabyan

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She lived on the Fabyans’ Riverbank estate as her father was the head gardener for the Fabyans.

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