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Tokyo-based landscape design firm Sakai Office provides Japanese garden design and installation services, and runs gardening workshops on Japanese garden design and maintenance.


Behind scenes

Yasushi Sakai, chief designer and CEO of Sakai Design, has 30 years experience creating Japanese-style gardens in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Gardens in Tokyo are the smallest in the world but Sakai is skilled at creating beautiful, comfortable gardens, even in the city center where there is little garden space. Bringing green into your backyard, or even a small space in between buildings, will not only create a relaxing atmosphere, but will also help to alleviate the urban heat island effect. The use of local plant species can create good opportunities for environmental education.


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With abundant knowledge about the use of natural materials, Sakai designs gardens using local plants, stones and other materials. The key is to create a garden that changes and develops along with its owner.
An important aspect of Japanese garden design, especially for garden renovations, is to make the best use of available materials, not disposing of anything while building the new garden. Just like a professional chef that cooks good meals using leftover ingredients.


Sakai Office designs and builds original Japanese-style gardens for households, shops and restaurants. Sakai, a teacher at a design school in Japan, also runs workshops to show you how to create your own gardens. In either case, you can always send him pictures of your garden during the building process and he will be happy to give you advice via email.