Abstract
Japanese Government erected its pavilion at Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. This Japanese-style pavilion was modeled on Kinkaku-ji temple and designed by Goichi Takeda. This pavilion was reported to have the harmony between the building and its Japanese-style garden in the official report published by the Japanese government at that time. This paper reports that Goichi Takeda designed not only the building but also the garden. The most important point of the harmony is facing of the building on the pond of the garden. The idea was based on the principle of the harmony of the Kinkaku-ji temple between its building and its garden. In 1915 Goichi Takeda a Japanese architect, who studied Western architecture, were achieved to create the total beauty of the Japanese-style building with Japanese-style garden.
