Yumebutai (夢舞台) literally means "Dream Stage",[4] from
yume (夢, "dream") and butai (舞台, "performance stage, setting"). Metaphorically "a place in which to dream",[5]
the name refers to the aim of restoring the ecology of the island,[6] whose soil had been partly removed for land reclamation in Osaka.[3]
Hyakudanen
Hyakudanen
One of the most distinctive features in the complex is the 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.[3]
^"[Article title unknown]". World Architecture (87–91). Grosvenor Press Int'l: 79. 2000. [...] meaning 'place of dreams' or 'place in which to dream' - is the name given by Tadao Ando to his latest, and largest, work.
^Ponti, Gio (2000). Domus. Casa ed. Domus. p. 27. The dream here is about the ecological restoration of a part of the isle of Awaji [..]