清水町, Italy
Tokachi Millennium Forest is a project initiated by newspaper owner Mitsushige Hayashi. In 1990 he bought 400 hectares in Tokachi on the island Hokkaido, in the far north of Japan. His plan was to off-set the carbon footprint of his newspaper Tokachi Mainichi, creating a public park. The project is
made up of woodland, gardens, productive areas, "land forms" earthworks, goat farm, rose garden, orchards, meadows and a cafe. It was designed by Dan Pearson, with head gardener Midori Shintani and her assistant Shintaro Sasagawa. The place name refers to the intention of creating a garden to last 1000 years.
Listen to the audio guide for Tokachi Millennium Forest Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off