Kobe Terrace is a
public park in the
International District neighborhood of
Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...
. It incorporates the
Danny Woo International District Community Garden
The Danny Woo International District Community Garden is a community garden on the outskirts of the International District, Seattle, Washington. It was built in 1975 and provides 101 allotment (gardening), allotments and 77 fruit trees.
Allotmen ...
. Named after
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...
, Seattle's
sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inter ...
in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, it occupies most of the land bounded on the west by 6th Avenue S., on the north by S. Washington Street, on the east by
Interstate 5, and on the south by S. Main Street.
Some of the wood structures in the Danny Woo Garden were constructed by the Neighborhood Design/Build Studio of the
University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning under the direction of
Steve Badanes Steve (Steven Paul) Badanes is widely known for his practice and teaching of design/build. He is a founding member of the Jersey Devil design/build practice, and is currently a Professor in the University of Washington Department of Architecture, w ...
.
The former
Nippon Kan Theatre
The is a former Japanese theater in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located in the Kobe Park Building at 628 S. Washington Street, in the former Japantown section of Seattle's International District.
History
The Nippon Kan Company was ...
is adjacent to the park.
File:Danny Woo Community Garden 08.jpg,
See also
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History of the Japanese in Seattle
External links
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20060106235714/http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/parkspaces/kobeterrace.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20060427005207/http://www.interimicda.org/garden.htm
*
Chinatown–International District, Seattle
Japanese-American culture in Seattle
Parks in Seattle
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