GREEN×EXPO2027
Yokohama Japan
International Horticultural Expo 2027Kamiseya, Yokohama City
2027.3.19 - 9.26
国や世代を超えて、誰もが「美しい」と感じる風景をつくる
Landscapes within us — a beauty that belongs to everyone.
Within the changing seasons of Japan, there exists a simple, unassuming beauty. A flower quietly blooming in a meadow, grasses swaying in the breeze — sometimes the most ordinary landscapes move us in unexpected ways.
The feeling of "how beautiful" or "how familiar" — isn't this a universal human sensation, shared across different countries, languages, and cultures?
This garden is created through the collaboration of gardeners and the next generation of young talent from Japan and beyond, evolving with the seasons throughout the exhibition period.
"Ah, how beautiful." — We believe that this single moment of feeling is the universal origin from which all of humanity moves forward.
Collaboration
王毓国
Yudai Ono
Representative of Sokkei Co., Ltd. (Kyoto Prefecture). Technical advisor for this project. He came to Japan to learn Japanese painting techniques and later became a landscape architect specializing in Japanese gardens. He cherishes the Japanese spirit even more than the Japanese themselves.
高橋真弓
Yudai Ono
A staff member in the Civil Engineering and Landscape Architecture Department at Nippon Institute of Technology Hachioji (Tokyo). As a faculty member who facilitates student participation and cooperation, he plays a crucial role in bridging the gap to the next generation. He also serves as a human resource development advisor for this project.
Nippon Institute of Technology
A comprehensive vocational school celebrating its 80th anniversary. Currently implementing a three-year plan to cultivate the next generation of gardeners. (Mayumi Takahashi, Human Resources Development Manager, Hanakagami)
hello everyone.
Nature holds a universal beauty, one that moves anyone who encounters it. By universal, we mean a landscape that feels good to be in regardless of age, gender, or nationality — and not only for people, but for animals and insects as well. A garden, by contrast, is an imitation of nature, something shaped by human hands. Even so, we believe that same universal beauty can live there too, and this garden is our attempt to pursue and express it. We are also creating it alongside many students — the young lions who will carry the landscape and civil engineering industries, and indeed Japan and the world, into the future — and their energy is breathing new life into the work.
A satoyama garden? Not quite so simple. Something that feels as though it might exist somewhere, yet exists nowhere. Something new, and at the same time strangely familiar. A place where you sense human activity while living things coexist alongside it, where water and air pass freely through, and where even the bacteria in the soil are breathing comfortably. A landscape that shifts dramatically with the seasons. Here, even a single unassuming weed at the roadside is a leading character — and it awaits your visit with all our hearts.
Hanakagami Project Leader
Hiroki Yoshino
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