| April 1950 |
Born in Kyoto |
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Received his first lessons in traditional Japanese garden as a very young child from his father, noted Japanese garden designer Kinsaku Nakane, the former President of Osaka University of Arts. |
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| March 1975 |
Graduated from the Gakushuin University, Philosophy major |
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| April 1975 |
Staff, Nakane Garden Research Institute |
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| Feb 1981 |
First class supervision engineer for the civil construction, authorized by the Minister of Construction |
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| March 1981 |
First class supervision engineer for the landscape gardening construction, authorized by the Minister of Construction |
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| April 1984 to present |
Lecturer, School of Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts ( every second years ) |
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| April 1985 |
Executive Vice President, Nakane Garden Research & Landscape Consultant Corporation |
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| Oct. 1987 |
Secretary, Oriental Garden Culture Study Club, incorporated Japan Landscape Association |
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| June 1990 |
Member of International Committee, Japan Landscape Consultants Association |
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| Jan. 1992 |
Consulting Engineer for Construction Section, authorized by the Minister of Science and Technology Agency |
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| April 1992 to 1998 |
Lecturer, Ikenobo School of Flower Arrangement Cultural School |
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| Nov. 1992 |
Tree Doctor, authorized by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
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| June 1993 |
Councilor, Japan Landscape Association |
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| July 1993 |
High Rank Landscape Designer, authorized by Japan Landscape Association |
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| Jan. 1994 |
Councilor, Japan Garden Society |
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| April 1994 |
Director, Japanese Institute of Japanese Garden |
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| June 1994 |
Vice Chairman, International Committee, Japan Landscape Consultants Association |
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| March 1995 |
President, Nakane Garden Research & Landscape Consultant Corporation |
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| April 1995 |
Director, Yabunouchi School of Tea Kyoto Chapter |
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| June 1995 to February 2007 |
Director, International Federation of Landscape Architects Japan |
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| Oct. 1996 |
Program Development Advisor, International Association of Japanese Gardens, Inc., Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. |
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| April 1997 |
Organizer, Kyoto Zoen Kondan Kai ( the Kyoto Informal Gathering for Discussions on Landscape Architecture, organized in Taisho Period ) |
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| Sept. 1997 |
Lecturer, Ikenobo School of Tea Junior College |
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| June 1998 |
Councilor, Nomura Cultural Incorporated Foundation |
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| June 1998
to May 2000 |
Secretary, Japanese Institute of Japanese Garden |
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| June 2000 |
Director, Japanese Institute of Japanese Garden |
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| June 2000 |
Honored Guest Expert Advisor for “A Japanese Autumn Garden: Momijigari” Exhibition, the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, U.S.A. |
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| Nov. 2000 |
Visiting Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A. |
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| March 2001 |
Appointed Consultant for the Japanese Garden of Portland, Portland, Oregon U.S.A. |
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| March 2002 |
Director, Japan Garden Society |
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| Nov. 2002 |
Invited by the Nanjing Gardens Bureau, Nanjing, China, to make Lectures and Technical Exchanges |
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| March 2003 |
Registered Landscape Architect (Registration No. 5), authorized by the Consultants of Landscape Architecture in Japan. |
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| July 2003 |
Director, Rai Sanyo Kyuseki Hozonkai (Association for the Preservation of Sanyo Rai’s Historical Spot) |
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| July 2003 |
Regeneration Doctor of Natural Environment (Registration No. NM030012), authorized by association for Nature Restoration and Conservation, Japan |
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| June 2004 |
Councilor, Yabunouchi Ennan (Yabunouchi School of Tea) Incorporated Foundation |
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