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Commission recommends placing refurbished Onagawara sculpture back in Japanese garden on pedestal

5670947 · July 28, 2025
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After restoration, commissioners recommended reinstalling the Onagawara (gift from Akashi, Japan) on a taller pedestal in the Japanese garden with additional lighting to reduce vandalism; the recommendation passed 5-0.

The Community Culture and Arts Commission on July 28 recommended reinstating the refurbished Onagawara — a gift from Vallejo’s sister city Akashi, Japan — outside in the Japanese garden on a taller pedestal with additional lighting. The motion, moved by Chair Wise and seconded by Vice Chair Vidor, passed 5-0.

Staff and Sister City representatives presented the history: the ceramic Onagawara had been vandalized years earlier, volunteers had preserved fragments, and local artist Jean…

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