The tea house in Golden Gate Park on Oct. 20, 2011, was dedicated in honor of the late Jack Hirose, a philanthropist who donated $500,000 through the San Francisco Japantown Foundation to fund improvements to the tea garden structures, including the tea house.

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission today approved naming the tea house in the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park after the late Jack Hirose, a philanthropist who donated $500,000 through the San Francisco Japantown Foundation to fund improvements to the tea garden structures, including the tea house.

The San Francisco Japantown Foundation is holding a meeting to seek public support for naming the tea house at the Japanese Tea Garden after Jack Hirose, and placing of a plaque in the tea house to commemorate his long-time service as the concessionaire of the tea garden and his kind and generous support of many Japanese community organizations. The meeting will be held at 1:00pm to 2:30pm on Saturday July 23 in the Union Bank Community Room in the East Mall (Miyako). In addition, comments may be sent by email to japantowntaskforce@gmail.com.