In 1931, when he was 34 years old, Denjiro OKOCHI started creating this garden of his own design in the pursuit of an everlasting beauty, in contrast to movie films that were difficult to store for a long time.
昭和9年（1931年）、傳次郎34歳のとき、当時長期保存が難しかったフィルムに対し永く消えることのない美を追究するため自身で設計しこの庭の造営を始めた。