The name of our company"So-ma" means「Create 創-SO」 and 「間-MA」.
「間」「MA」of Japanese have various meanings.This Japanese word means "Space" "Time" "Suitable distance"and so on..
"Space" of between forest trees.
"Time" of daily life.
"Suitable distance/Interval" of human between nature.
We create a beauty in "間".
Concept
Coexistence with nature.
Transcendence of Japanese style and Western style.
Taking a lesson from the past
We use The advantage of the characteristics of natural materials of stone and trees.
We use Divine Proportion.
And applies a theory of "Yoichi Eda"
The scene which harmonized also with the environment of Japan where Japanese and Western mixture of the present age was carried out is made.
This is contemporary modern "Home Landscaping".
| Company name | Tsukuba Landscape Co., Ltd. |
| President | Yoichi Eda |
| Founded on | June 15, 1987 |
| Capital | 27,000,000 yen |
| Address | 1592 Iteebisawa, Chikusei City, Ibaraki 309-1108 | Tsukuba Garden Plaza | 192 Omonoi, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 300-2653 |
| Phone Fax |
81-296-57-9985 81-296-57-6699 |
Phone | 81-29-863-3858 |
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| Recent work | Qualifications |
| Yoichi Eda and his company design and construct approximately 200 gardens and landscapes every year, creating symbiosis with nature. His designs stand aloof from both typical Japanese and Western styles, learning from tradition but creating something new and innovative. He works with young people coming from all over Japan, training them as professional garden designers and construction workers. As a certified landscape expert, he also supervises stone and wood arrangement and construction. Yoichi Eda teaches at Tokyo University of Agriculture as a part-time instructor, and also lectures at many events and seminars, including the International Exterior and Garden Expo and Funai Consulting Incorporated seminars. |
Licensed first-class Landscape Construction Manager Licensed first-class Landscape Construction Worker Licensed first-class Civil Engineering Construction Manager Occupational Training Instructor License Certified Landscape Expert |
枝洋一(YOICHI EDA) |
History
1977 Graduated from the Department of Landscape Architecture Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture Worked under Takahiro Inoue, garden designer, at Ueyoshi Zoen Co., Ltd. in Kyoto. Projects included: 1978 Rengein Tanjoji Temple 1982 Reconstruction of the Katsura Imperial Villa Garden 2001 Japanese garden at the Official Residence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives 1987 Established own company, Tsukuba Landscape Co., Ltd. |
| Awards
2002 The 8th Gardening Champion, TV Champion (television program) 2003 The 9th Gardening Champion, TV Champion 2005 Landscape Design Grand Prize from Tokyo University of Agriculture |
Television
TV Champion Gardening Contest, TV Tokyo Houses with Great Gardens, TV Tokyo |
| Qualifications
Licensed first-class Landscape Construction Manager Licensed first-class Landscape Construction Worker Licensed first-class Civil Engineering Construction Manager Occupational Training Instructor License Certified Landscape Expert |
Books and Magazines
Yoichi Eda's work is featured in many books and magazines, including: Gardening with Miscellaneous Trees, Gakken Publishing Co., Ltd. Enjoying Green Gardens, Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha Co., Ltd. Landscape Design, Marumo Publishing Co., Ltd. Wonderful Garden Designs, Gakken Publishing Co., Ltd. He also writes a monthly column, Yoichi Eda's Gardening, for the monthly Exterior Work magazine published by Jutaku Kankyo Sha Co., Ltd. |
-Designing, constructing, maintaining and remodeling gardens and landscapes
-Operating the Soma Original Garden store chain throughout Japan
-Manufacturing and selling UniRock, a natural stone material
-Designing, manufacturing and selling stone products
-Researching and developing garden materials
-Garden consulting services for enterprises
-Garden designer training services for enterprises
-Training garden designers
-Training garden construction workers
-Constructing Japanese gardens, including stone arrangement and construction
-Selling garden and landscape materials
-Operating gardening stores selling plants, including trees and perennial grasses, and other gardening supplies
-Operating gardening schools for beginners
-Business license from the Ibaraki Prefectural Governor: Special-8 No. 23557
-First-class Landscape Construction Manager
-First-class Landscape Construction Worker
-Second-class Landscape Construction Manager
-Second-class Landscape Construction Worker
-First-class Civil Engineering Construction Manager
-Second-class Civil Engineering Construction Manager
-First-class Registered Architect
-First-class Building Construction Manager
-Certified Landscape Architect
-Certified Landscape Expert
-Container Gardening Master, British Royal Horticultural Society
-First-class Exterior Planner
mori@so-ma.net
