The core staff of the Center is drawn from teachers from the departments of Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design, and Preservation Sciences. This group is supported by researchers in the fields of archeology, architecture, and cultural history, as well as many professionals in the field of gardening who are resident in Kyoto. The core staff of the Center, and their specializations, includes:

• Director:
Hiromasa AMASAKI, Landscape design, Japanese garden history, garden stonework, garden surveys

• Vice Directors:
Keiji YASUHARA, Conservation of cultural properties; Toshinori NAKAMURA, History of Japanese Architecture

• Chief Advisor:
Makoto NAKAMURA, Gardening principles and design

• Researchers:
Wybe KUITERT, Landscape design, cultural history of gardening; Ken KAWAI, Landscape design; Yoji SASAKI, Landscape Architecture; Takahiro NAKA, Japanese garden history, surveys and restoration of historical gardens; Haruyoshi SOWA, Landscape design, soundscape; Takehiko TAKANASHI, Forest aesthetics; Takayuki KATAISHI, Garden construction; Sumiko UDO, Landscape design, landscape use of urban rivers; Fumio OKADA, Garden archeology: preservation of historic sites and analysis of organic material; Yasushi SHIMOMURA, Environmental design; Atsuko NAKAI, Landscape design; Yumiko TERADA, Landscape design, horticultural therapy; Fumie OGINO, Environmental planting; Yukari MUTO, Modern ceramic history; Kaori MACHIDA, Cultural history of Japanese gardens

• Guest Researchers:
Marc Peter KEANE, Garden design; Masao KIFUNE, Garden construction; Isao YAMANAKA, Garden construction; Yukari IHARA, Environmental Design; Ryuji YOSHIMURA, Landscape design; Hanako INOUE, Theory of garden construction

• Research Associates:
Zentaro YAGASAKI, Architecture; Hisao SUZUKI, Garden archeology; Yoshiaki MAEDA, Garden archeology; Tokushiro TAMANE, Garden Construction and Maintenance; Kinzo NISHIMURA, Stone garden ornaments



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