While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential Japanese flower ... nearly every Tenjin shrine across Japan—numbering around 12,000—features plum trees. At Egara Tenjin, over ...

At Zao Onsen Ski Resort in the city of Yamagata, ice trees ... Japanese, or vice versa, to test their comprehension. A fresh set will be published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 p.m ...

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 ...

Kawazu-zakura, also known as Kawazu cherry blossoms ... and the original tree can still be viewed today. It was subsequently developed to promote tourism in the town and has since become a symbol of ...

Researchers pinpointed the gene that deprives Japanese cedar trees of their ability to produce ... with hay fever--a common type of allergy in Japan--are said to develop the condition because ...

The festival observes the blooming of the town’s historic cherry trees at Church Row Park and celebrates the age-old Japanese tradition of “hanami” or “cherry blossom viewing party.” The trees ...

In Japan there is an entire festival based around the Japanese cherry blossom tree and celebrating renewal. But since the blossoms often only last a couple of weeks, they have also come to represent ...

Rich yet refreshing, this combination captures a sense of new beginnings synonymous with cherry blossom season in Japan, where the flowers bloom around the start of a new school and work year. While ...

TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest ... Inflation continued to weigh on Japanese manufacturers in January, with both input and output prices remaining high.

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Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...