A Review and Prospect of Landscape Education Before and After the World War Ⅱ: A Case Study of Practical Education in Japan

After the World War II, Japan take the lead development in Asian countries, and was gradually featured with a sophisticated society. Due to the similarity of Japanese and Chinese contexts, Japan’s experience in landscape education can be used as a reference. This research elaborates the characteristics of three-stage practical education in Japanese landscape architecture through investigating scientific literature. The conclusion is that the system consisting of the four axes of “space”, “time”, “resources”, and “management” is the key to the continued development of landscape education in Japan.