A House of Confucius and a Chinese Arch (probably designed by Joseph Goupy ... as if the viewer was embarking on a Grand Tour within a single garden. However, the major eyecatcher was the Pagoda, ...

The pagoda was built as a temporary indoor display in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition’s Palace of Food Products. It was moved to the Japanese Tea Garden in 1916.

The first storey of the pagoda is majestic, typical of the multi-eaved style of the Liao and Kin dynasties. A false arch decorates the four sides facing the four directions; the other four sides ...

The upper part, however, is the most decorated part of the entire pagoda. Besides the ornaments on the arches of the doors, there are niches on the other eight sides in the shape of square ...