Bright orange mushrooms contrast with a patch of green moss. ....
21 Dec 3:00 pm  from  The View from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Reading about this weekend’s winter snowstorm in the US mid-Atlantic, I realize how mild and wonderful Tokyo winters are. December is the....
21 Dec 9:03 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I have to say I’m quite a fan of these secret gardens you hear about, located on Tokyo rooftops. The one pictured above is not in Tokyo, ....
8 Dec 11:20 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

On a beautiful warm November day, I discovered Tokyo University’s Sanshiro-ike garden. I had a few moments before a meeting, and saw on t....
6 Dec 9:06 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Recently I met with Yamada Yoriyuki (山田順之), Manager of the Office of Global Environment at constructino company Kajima and a leader....
24 Nov 9:01 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I visited Odakyu’s Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae in Setagaya and was prepared to be charmed by a community vegetable farm bui....
22 Nov 10:54 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Arriving at Gardex, the International Garden Expo Tokyo, was a bit of a shock. First, I could not believe how far it was from Tokyo. Past D....
22 Nov 12:00 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

With a few minutes to spare before meeting Hiraga Tatsuya of Landscape+, I stepped into nearby Shin Edogawa park. The colors were beautiful....
21 Nov 9:04 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Encouraged by my host Suzuki Makoto sensei at Tokyo University of Agriculture, I recently visited the Edo Gardening Flowers exhibit being h....
16 Nov 7:02 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Recently I visited construction company Kajima’s headquarters in Akasaka to learn more about their extraordinary biodiversity program, an....
16 Nov 9:06 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

By avoiding the unusual summer rains the peanuts were planted too late. They never got established. It seems ironic that there has been litt....
15 Nov 4:56 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

A single tree standing in the entrance to a modern Tokyo house provides a marvelous contrast between the traditional and the new. The beaut....
15 Nov 9:02 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent]