Inspirationfeed - be inspired! Hayao Miyazaki to Invest Own Funds to Create Nature Park for Children in Okinawa. A rendering of Hayao Miyazaki’s new nature park slated to open in 2017 | image courtesy Kume Creation The filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is a big proponent of nature. Conservationism and a reverence for the natural world are recurring themes in his movies like Nausicaa, Totoro and Princess Mononoke. Now Miyazaki has announced plans to pass on his love for nature to children in the form of a tangible nature park. The project is being called “The Forest Where the Wind Returns.” a rendering and write-up of the project appeared in the August edition of the town of Kume’s local newspaper Miyazaki is funding the park with 300 million yen (roughly $2.5 mm USD) of his own money. But with that said, the park sounds lovely.
Miyazaki will donate the structure and park to the town of Kume and is sourcing all the talent and materials locally in order to ensure that it is sustained for many years to come. Pin It! Grovemade. Design I/O - Interactive Installations. Muse | a collection of inspiration. Design | Design.org.