Awaji Yumebutai
{{Short description|Complex in Awaji, Japan}}
File:Westin Awaji Island Hotel 06.jpg
The {{nihongo|Awaji Yumebutai|淡路夢舞台}} is a complex comprising a conference center, hotel and memorial in Awaji, Hyōgo, Japan, built near the epicenter of the 1995 Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake. It was designed by Tadao Ando,{{cite web |url=http://www.yumebutai.org/english/yumebutai/yumebutai.html |title=About Yumebutai |access-date=2008-03-23 |author= |date=2006 |work= |publisher=Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center |archive-date=2017-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224113128/http://www.yumebutai.org/english/yumebutai/yumebutai.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fredhong.com/arch693/martin_bermudez/Arch%20693%20Edited%20Paper%232.doc |title=Geophysical and Seismic Analysis: Of Two Architectural Wonders |accessdate=2008-03-23 |author=Martin Bermudez |publisher=Geolabs-Hawaii Hillside Design Laboratory at the University of Hawaii School of Architecture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528055609/http://www.fredhong.com/arch693/martin_bermudez/Arch%2B693%2BEdited%2BPaper%232.doc |archive-date=2008-05-28 |url-status=dead }} who had begun planning for the project (as a park) prior to the earthquake.
The hotel is operated as the Westin {{Interlanguage link multi|Awaji Island Resort|ja|3=ウェスティンホテル淡路}}.
Etymology
{{nihongo||夢舞台|Yumebutai}} literally means "Dream Stage",{{cite book|last=Jodidio|first=Philip|title=Architecture d'aujourd'hui|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjDNB9YkkbkC&pg=PA18|year=2001|publisher=Taschen|isbn=978-3-8228-6065-6|page=18}} from
{{nihongo||{{linktext|夢|lang=ja}}|yume|"dream"}} and {{nihongo||{{linktext|舞台}}|butai|"performance stage, setting"}}. Metaphorically "a place in which to dream",{{cite journal| title = [Article title unknown] | journal=World Architecture|issue= 87–91| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJpMAAAAYAAJ |year=2000| publisher=Grosvenor Press Int'l| page = 79| quote= [...] meaning 'place of dreams' or 'place in which to dream' - is the name given by Tadao Ando to his latest, and largest, work.}}
the name refers to the aim of restoring the ecology of the island,{{cite book|last=Ponti|first=Gio|title=Domus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xV9QAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Casa ed. Domus|page=27|quote= The dream here is about the ecological restoration of a part of the isle of Awaji [..]}} whose soil had been partly removed for land reclamation in Osaka.
Hyakudanen {{anchor|Hyakudan-en}}
One of the most distinctive features in the complex is the {{nihongo|Hyakudanen|百段苑||"hundred stepped gardens"}}, a group of 100 flower beds (small square gardens) on an incline, arranged in grids spread over several levels. The "hundred" refers to the number of mini-gardens and not the steps, as there are 1,575 steps and 235 flights.{{cite web|last=Bos|first=Karel|title=The 100 step garden (Hyakudan-en)|url=https://www.academia.edu/4780981/The_100_step_garden_Hyakudan-en_}}
See also
- Miracle Planet Museum of Plants, a nearby greenhouse
- The 100 Views of Nature in Kansai
References
External links
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- [http://www.yumebutai.org/english/index.html Official site] {{in lang|ja|en}}
- [https://www.academia.edu/4780981/The_100_step_garden_Hyakudan-en_ The 100 step garden (Hyakudan-en)]: photos & background
- [http://www.westin-awaji.com/en/ The Westin Awaji Island Resort & Conference Center]: official site of the hotel
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Category:Hotels in Hyōgo Prefecture
Category:Parks and gardens in Hyōgo Prefecture
Category:Monuments and memorials in Japan
Category:Buildings and structures in Awaji, Hyōgo
Category:Tourist attractions in Hyōgo Prefecture
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