In just about every pamphlet I obtained regarding Shirakami-Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese tree. Siebold? I muttered to myself, “Who is this ...
The soaring forest of tall ... as a material for floors and pillars in Japanese architecture. And daisugi cedars, pruned to produce dozens of tree-like offshoots from one trunk, are prized in gardens ...