The Millennium Forest is a garden for tourist in Haobi on the island of Hokkaido which was originally designed as a carbon-offset activity for the Tokachi Manichi Newspaper company. It is a large project with different areas meant to bring the visitor into contact with the environment as a student and learner. It is currently divided into the Earth Garden, the Meadow Garden, the Forest Garden and the Farm Garden. The garden is also meant to be a bequest to future generations to try and counter-balance the environmental damage that they will also inherit, showing the different habitats in the region. In fact, this is very reminiscent of the Heemparks. You can also hire Segways to tour the garden! Here is the Earth Garden.
Dan Pearson has aimed to bring the Japanese aesthetic to this project, working with nature rather than imposing design and also reflecting the place that it is rather than the place he wants it to be. Here is a link to his website where there are some even more beautiful pictures of the garden, frankly it makes my heart hurt a little to look at these.
http://www.danpearsonstudio.com/#/selected-works/commercial/millennium-forest/
The garden has also been used as a venue for artworks, with exhibitions being set up and fitting naturally with the surroundings.
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