“Once we developed the plan that literally embraces the tree, they understood.” The driveway, too, offers a Zen moment, with a black pine pruned in the Japanese niwaki style with more open branching, ...

KANUMA, Tochigi Prefecture--A wave of thefts of bonsai miniature potted trees across Japan appear tied to an overseas boom that offers high profits from resale, according to experts. In many ...

Takayuki Nakamura, among a few hundred people who gathered on Sunday to protest, pressed his face into the bark of one tree and prayed. The area was set aside 100 years ago to honor Japan’s ...

Sakura season is around the corner again. Check the forecast here to find when Japan’s famous cherry trees are expected to bloom. On January 9, the Japan Meteorological Corporation published its ...

The Japanese Yew Pine is a tidy and sustainable small- to medium-sized evergreen conifer that does quite well in Santa ...

Japan is one of the world's most iconic travel destinations, and the country's famous cherry blossoms draw crowds of tourists every year. In 2024, the pink foliage of the sakura trees attracted ...

The name of this tree in Izumo is tegashiwa, and there is one beside my door. What the scientific name of it is I do not know; nor am I quite sure of the etymology of the Japanese name.

rather than a ‘mini-urban forest’ or hedgerow which feature a number of densely planted trees. The Miyawaki planting method was originally developed in Japan in the 1970s and typically involves high ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.