San Jose's resident opera company performs on a restored 1920s vaudeville stage and features some of the most accomplished young voices in the country.
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The Bay Area's Major League Soccer team. The "Quakes" opened their new stadium, now known as PayPal Park, for the 2015 season.
Documents the history of Japanese Americans in the San Jose area. Highlights are a collection of farm equipment used on Japanese-American-owned farms and a recreation of a barracks from the internment during World War II.
This garden was planted by volunteers in 1995. It has a collection of almost 4,000 plants of more than 3,000 rose varieties.
With roller coasters, thrill rides, children's attractions, the South Bay Shores water park, and Vegas-style live shows. Parking costs $30.
Located at the edge of the Little Portugal neighborhood and built in 1916–19 with materials from the Portuguese pavilion of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, this parish church of the Roman Catholic Latin Rite, with its Neo-Manueline architecture, is one of the most photographed and painted buildings in San Jose.
Designed by architects Richard Meier & Partners, the City Hall, opened in 2005, consists of a free standing glass rotunda at the center, a council chambers wing to the south, and a separate tower to the east. Tours are available.