Eucalypts of Hodogaya

𝐄𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚 🌸🌳
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Eucalypts of Hodogaya reflects on a remarkable story of post-war reconciliation and remembrance.

Nestled among cherry blossoms and hinoki pines on the outskirts of Yokohama lies a breathtaking war cemetery—the final resting place for over 1,500 Commonwealth service personnel. Designed and built by Melbourne’s Anzac Agency—now the Office of Australian War Graves—the Yokohama cemetery is considered one of the most exceptional examples of funereal landscape architecture ever created.

This exhibition explores how Australian and Japanese architects, gardeners, and builders overcame cultural divides after the Second World War to collaborate on a site that blends Eastern and Western traditions in a garden of peace.

𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 - 𝟓𝐩𝐦 (𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝟒:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦)

You may also like the following events from Shrine of Remembrance:

• This Sunday, 3rd August, 06:45 am, Last Post Service in Melbourne
• Next month, 15th August, 01:00 am, Victory in the Pacific Day - 80th Anniversary in Melbourne
• Next month, 18th August, 12:30 am, Vietnam Veterans' Day Commemoration in Melbourne

Also check out other Exhibitions in Melbourne.