NAKANO SAYS HE WAS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THIS PROJECT, THANKS TO ITS GOAL TO BEAUTIFY SOMETHING THAT WAS ONCE QUITE LITERALLY A DUMP JAPANESE GARDEN OR STARTED FROM RELOCATING NATURE INTO THE ...

The work to prepare the land for an authentic Japanese garden on a former garbage dump, an effort spearheaded by Japanese landscape designer Shiro Nakane, will begin later this year.

But while gardens across the country get lots of love on social media, many Japanese will swear their fealty to one that’s off the beaten track – the garden at the Adachi Museum of Art in ...