Top 50 Gardening & Plants Influencers in Japan to Know in 2026

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 5 October 2026 (X).

Based in Kanagawa, Mikanbouya shares space-saving home-vegetable ideas using plastic bottles, grow bags and hydroponics, with 220K YouTube subscribers. The channel description lists a KADOKAWA book on easy hydroponic growing at home.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past week (YouTube).

Sora Vege Garden Hack posts growing tips and handy garden goods for beginners, mainly as videos on YouTube (218K subscribers) and Instagram (254K followers). The channel description lists a book on growing vegetables at home and an appearance on BS Asahi’s gardening programme. The creator also featured in Hyponex’s “Evangelist” project in 2025.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past week (YouTube).

Agurin describes themselves as an organic farmer and uploads vegetable-growing videos about three times a week to 181K YouTube subscribers. Content explains how to raise vegetables at home, drawing on farming experience.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past week (YouTube).

A couple in Kagawa Prefecture experiment with a potager (a kitchen garden that is both decorative and productive) and hydroponics on a rented allotment. The channel introduces itself as made by complete amateurs, and has 148K YouTube subscribers. The couple also run an Ameba blog.

Affiliation: Shiba Farm (representative) · Last post: 8 October 2026 (X).

Taishi Urata is a mini-tomato farmer in Osaka who explains tomato and vegetable growing for home gardeners to 104K YouTube subscribers. Urata describes being in the seventh year of independent farming. Shiba Farm, in Kumatori and Tondabayashi, produces and sells its own crops.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 8 October 2026 (YouTube).

Zaki shows planter-based vegetable growing in Osaka through practical demonstrations, with 86.5K YouTube subscribers. A separate cooking channel is also run. The channel description states participation in the Amazon Associates programme.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 8 October 2026 (X).

Calling itself a “lazy housewife” (zubora shufu), this account grows vegetables hydroponically and shares drawbacks and failures alongside results. It has 38.7K YouTube subscribers, with smaller audiences on TikTok, Instagram and X.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 20 September 2026 (Instagram).

The account posts short videos of kitchen-garden hacks and tips on Instagram under the display name “ぽたろうの家庭菜園HACK”, and has 78K followers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past week (YouTube).

ohanachannel centres on container plantings (yose-ue) with flowers and succulents, mixing plant observation, experiments and maintenance. The YouTube channel has 180K subscribers; the Instagram account is much smaller.

Affiliation: Flower farm (Garden Party) · Last post: 8 October 2026 (Instagram).

Yuki describes being a second-generation flower farmer and makes beginner-oriented gardening videos focused on how to grow flowers, with 104K YouTube subscribers. The channel description mentions a new site called Garden Party, which Yuki runs.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 12 September 2026 (YouTube).

A couple in their fifties and sixties on the Boso Peninsula build a natural-style garden together: the husband handles DIY and the wife the planting. The channel notes about 20 years of gardening experience and has 94.1K YouTube subscribers.

Affiliation: Flora Kuroda Engei (Saitama) · Last post: 8 October 2026 (Instagram).

Kentaro Kuroda runs the garden shop Flora Kuroda Engei in Saitama City and explains how to care for plants, with 65K YouTube subscribers and 63K followers on a personal Instagram account. The shop sells plants and uses the channels to draw customers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 7 October 2026 (Instagram).

Tomoyo shares daily records of gardening, DIY and plant life on Instagram under the name “ともよの庭しごと”, where the account has 138K followers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 7 October 2026 (Instagram).

Kinoko posts garden DIY and flower-bed projects for small gardens on Instagram, where the account has 79K followers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past day (YouTube).

Santosha Jun has 255K YouTube subscribers and presents garden, horticulture and pruning advice. The channel description calls the creator a “plant care adviser” (self-described) and lists web-based pruning lessons for individuals, alongside an Amazon Associates link.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past two weeks (YouTube).

Kanai style has 66.3K YouTube subscribers and shares garden-making under the name “Garden artist”, which is how the channel description introduces the creator. The Instagram account is much smaller, so the channel is the main platform.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 8 October 2026 (Instagram).

Gardener’s Vlog channel has 41.3K YouTube subscribers and 12K Instagram followers. The creator describes working as a gardener (niwashi) and posts scenes from the job, with Instagram carrying the most recent activity.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past month (YouTube).

miki3 has 22.1K YouTube subscribers and teaches pruning basics in English and Japanese. According to the channel description, the creator is a tree doctor (jumokui), a first-class landscaping technician and a gardener, teaches at a public school’s landscaping course, and prunes roughly 120 private gardens a year.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past two days (YouTube).

The Kamakura Gardener has 14.6K YouTube subscribers and shares garden-making in Kamakura in English. The channel description says the creator lives in Japan, and the X profile gives the name Robert Jefferson. The content is aimed at English speakers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 4 October 2026 (Instagram).

Kuru-chan has 106K YouTube subscribers and 37K Instagram followers. The channel mixes houseplant how-to videos with daily-life vlogs about parenting and housework, and its description speaks of ten years with plants.

Affiliation: Independent (b-birds) · Last post: within the past day (YouTube).

KOBI and the plush bear Kumapan have 103K YouTube subscribers and 56K on TikTok, with videos on houseplants and succulents. According to the channel description, KOBI has run the plant blog “KOBI’s Secret Garden” since 2007.

Affiliation: Independent (Hokkaido) · Last post: within the past day (YouTube).

RANMARU has 100K YouTube subscribers and explains the growing of houseplants, tropical plants, succulents and orchids from the basics, under the theme of keeping plants beautiful and healthy indoors. The channel description mentions ad revenue and affiliate links.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 9 October 2026 (YouTube).

Takumi Sugiyama has 89.9K YouTube subscribers and 40K Instagram followers. The channel description introduces the creator as a tropical plant grower, and the content covers cultivation technique and how to display plants.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 29 September 2026 (Instagram).

Kurito has 261K Instagram followers and posts accessible explanations of how to grow houseplants.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 6 October 2026 (Instagram).

Known as “Kai”, the creator has 254K Instagram followers and also posts on YouTube and TikTok, covering houseplant care and variegated plants. A Hyponex website feature in 2025 introduces Kai as a horticulture instructor and the creator appeared in its Evangelist series.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 6 October 2026 (Instagram).

Mido has 119K Instagram followers and shares life with houseplants.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 8 October 2026 (YouTube).

Tsubutsubuya is a succulent farmer whose YouTube channel, with 73.1K subscribers, shows how to grow and multiply small succulents. The creator sells succulents and has published a book, 『つぶつぶ生活、はじめました』, as noted in the channel description.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past day (YouTube).

The channel Olive&Succulentgarden films the making of a garden with olive trees and succulents, including planting succulents in spots with little sunlight. It has 66.1K YouTube subscribers and 26K Instagram followers, with a short-video TikTok account alongside.

Affiliation: mana’s group · Last post: 2 October 2026 (YouTube).

Ryunosuke Manaka is a garden designer who posts gardening and plant videos to 63.3K YouTube subscribers. The channel description lists the creator as CEO of mana’s group, which opened a specialist shop for succulents and caudex plants in 2017 and runs a garden showroom that doubles as a plant shop.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 8 October 2026 (YouTube).

Porto posts succulent care guides, variety introductions and remade-can planter projects to 53.3K YouTube subscribers. Live sessions run on Instagram, which has 22K followers, and the creator also uses X.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past week (YouTube).

ba-channel follows a home grower’s seasonal succulents, centred on popular varieties, for 38.8K YouTube subscribers. The channel also has an Instagram account, which has not been updated since April 2025.

Affiliation: Independent (trade name THE CORE) · Last post: 8 October 2026 (YouTube).

Trading as THE CORE, the grower calls themselves a rare-plant explorer (珍奇植物探索家) and shares the appeal of exotic plants from around the world. The YouTube channel has 21.4K subscribers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: within the past week (YouTube).

The channel description introduces the host as a mountain-dwelling countryside resident (田舎暮らしの山師) whose hobby is bonsai. The YouTube channel has 270K subscribers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 27 September 2026 (X).

AS Channel films the process of turning seeds and new shoots into bonsai, alongside mountain hiking and camera content; the X profile reads 盆栽と山とカメラ (bonsai, mountains and camera). The YouTube channel has 186K subscribers.

Affiliation: 宮崎南風会 · Last post: about six months ago (YouTube).

Bonsai Shinshi introduces the growing and care of miniature bonsai (小品盆栽) to 133K YouTube subscribers. The channel description says the creator is a member of the All Japan Shohin Bonsai Association and president of the Miyazaki Nanpukai.

Affiliation: 北谷養盛園 (Takamatsu, Kagawa) · Last post: within the past week (YouTube).

Ryuichi Kitatani, of the fourth generation at the bonsai nursery 北谷養盛園 in Takamatsu, Kagawa, explains how to keep bonsai alive. The channel description says the creator has worked in bonsai since 1998. The YouTube channel has 35.7K subscribers, and the nursery sells bonsai.

Affiliation: 株式会社松葉屋 · Last post: 9 October 2026 (Instagram).

TRADMAN’S BONSAI, formed in 2015 and incorporated in 2016 as 株式会社松葉屋, presents traditional bonsai through street culture and fashion. Teppei Kojima’s personal Instagram has 167K followers, and the YouTube channel has 5.04K subscribers. The company makes and sells bonsai and offers bonsai experiences.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 25 September 2026 (Instagram).

Sho Tsuda shares bonsai on Instagram under the display name 津田祥 and the label 盆栽屋 (bonsai shop). The account has 63K followers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 5 October 2026 (Instagram).

Daiki Abe, as the display name reads, posts bonsai on Instagram to 42K followers.

Affiliation: Michikusa (道草) · Last post: 7 October 2026 (YouTube).

Michikusa Channel is dedicated to moss terrariums and has 305K YouTube subscribers. Videos cover making and caring for moss terrariums, kokedama (moss balls) and moss bonsai. Michikusa sells moss and materials through its own online shop and runs a membership, Michikusa Koke Club, both listed in the channel description.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 8 October 2026 (X).

Known as Semi, the creator runs the Scale Vivarium channel with 18.2K YouTube subscribers. The channel shows the making of vivariums, paludariums and terrariums, with reptiles and tropical plants among the subjects. Semi also posts on Instagram and X under a personal account.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 8 October 2026 (X).

The creator records the do-it-yourself construction of a biotope garden at home, recreating a village waterside with moss and water features. The channel has 12.1K YouTube subscribers, and the X profile describes the biotope garden as self-built. The X account has 6.7K followers.

Affiliation: Kokeraku atelier (Aichi) · Last post: 8 October 2026 (X).

Kokeraku is a moss terrarium creator based in Aichi Prefecture, with 7,130 Instagram followers. The X profile describes the creator as the owner of the Kokeraku atelier, which runs workshops. Posts show moss terrarium making, and the account is also on YouTube and X.

Affiliation: Runs a flower school · Last post: 9 October 2026 (Instagram).

Shinichi Nagatsuka publishes flower arrangement, bouquet and flower-lesson content under the FlowerTV name, with 68.3K YouTube subscribers. According to the X profile, Nagatsuka runs a flower school and offers lesson consulting.

Affiliation: Yukaflor Life Design · Last post: within the past few days (YouTube).

Yukaflor describes themself as a florist in the channel description and shares arrangement tutorials and a flower-filled approach to daily life. The YouTube channel has 31.8K subscribers, and the channel is operated under the name Yukaflor Life Design.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 9 October 2026 (Instagram).

The pyu*flower channel explains how to make flower arrangements that can be done at home, and has 31.6K YouTube subscribers. The creator is also on Instagram, where the account is much smaller than the YouTube channel.

Affiliation: Numanoue Farm (沼ノ上農園), Saitama · Last post: 9 October 2026 (YouTube).

Jun presents container plantings and recommended plants, drawing on the family flower shop and farm in Minami-Urawa, Saitama, where the farm sells its products. The X profile introduces Jun as the florist’s son at Numanoue Farm. The YouTube channel has 23.4K subscribers.

Affiliation: YASAciHANA (Fukuoka) · Last post: 5 October 2026 (Instagram).

Takahiro Hamaguchi is introduced on YouTube as a florist in Fukuoka and shares how to handle and arrange flowers. Instagram is the main platform, with 692K followers, and the YouTube channel has 10.5K subscribers.

Affiliation: Independent · Last post: 5 October 2026 (Instagram).

Posting as Yoko under the atelierjuno handle, the creator shares flower content with 132K Instagram followers.

Affiliation: ウルーウール · Last post: 8 October 2026 (Instagram).

Natsumi Hashimoto is a florist who posts on Instagram, where the account has 47K followers. The account name includes ウルーウール.