Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: November 25, 2004
• Invested on: May 30, 2005

Reverend Shunmyo Masuno, M.S.M., Yokohama City, Japan
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)

In 1995, world-renowned landscape architect the Reverend Shunmyo Masuno, a Japanese citizen, designed a traditional Zen garden at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec. The garden, consisting of Canadian rocks and plant materials within a Japanese landscape design, pays tribute to the lasting friendship between the two nations and provides a better insight into an important aspect of Japanese tradition. Mr. Masuno has brought great credit to his own country and to Canada.