Pruning of the Japanese Garden
2019/9/4
The project to regenerate the Japanese Garden was carried out at the United Nations Headquarters on September 3rd and 4th of this year (or 2019) under the direction of Mr. Takuhiro Yamada, Chairman of the International Committee, Japan Landscape Contractors Association, together with Mr. Shinichiro Abe, Principal from ZEN Associates, Inc.
This project has been implemented by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism since 2017, and the Japanese Garden at the United Nations Headquarters was chosen to be one of the eight locations to be pruned and regenerated this year.
【The Japanese Garden】
In 2000, the location of the Peace Bell was transformed into a Japanese Garden, using funds donated by the Japanese people living both in Japan and New York through “The Committee for the Peace Bell Garden.”
The Japanese Garden officially opened on 14 September 2000, and in attendance were former Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono.
The Japanese Garden provides a stage for demonstrating a unified call for peace. Symbolically, the Garden and the layout of its components present the mythological universe, our physical world, and the United Nation’s flag.
During the historic renovation of the United Nations Headquarters Complex from 2009 to 2014, the Japanese Garden was damaged but was repaired with funds from the “Trust Fund for Restoration and Maintenance of the Peace Bell”.
This project has been implemented by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism since 2017, and the Japanese Garden at the United Nations Headquarters was chosen to be one of the eight locations to be pruned and regenerated this year.
【The Japanese Garden】
In 2000, the location of the Peace Bell was transformed into a Japanese Garden, using funds donated by the Japanese people living both in Japan and New York through “The Committee for the Peace Bell Garden.”
The Japanese Garden officially opened on 14 September 2000, and in attendance were former Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono.
The Japanese Garden provides a stage for demonstrating a unified call for peace. Symbolically, the Garden and the layout of its components present the mythological universe, our physical world, and the United Nation’s flag.
During the historic renovation of the United Nations Headquarters Complex from 2009 to 2014, the Japanese Garden was damaged but was repaired with funds from the “Trust Fund for Restoration and Maintenance of the Peace Bell”.