We visited Satoyama Gardens, Yokohama on June 2, 2017. It is a beautiful garden specially made for a flower and greenery festival called "Garden Necklace Yokohama 2017" . According to a recent newspaper report, the Yokohama municipality government, which allocated some 1.3 billion yen (nearly 12 milion US dollars) for preparing the gardens, will close the gardens when the Garden Necklace festival ends on June 4, 2017, but will reopen them next spring on a permanent basis.