The Peace Lantern – Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California

This 9,000 pound bronze lantern was purchased with contributions from Japanese school children as a symbol of friendship to the United States. Yasusuke Katsuno, the Japanese Consul General, formally presented the Peace Lantern on January 8, 1953. The gift was a commemoration of the US Japanese peace treaty signed in San Francisco in 1951 and an expression of friendship for future generations..