Tulips bloom in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on April 8, 2025, at the Kyoto Botanical Gardens, the oldest garden of its kind in Japan, ...

The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind Japanese mini-forest this spring – which is slated to improve air quality, prevent flooding and beautify a “dilapidated” section of waterfront ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. “The forest is the lover of the sea.” Few ...

The forests started to emerge around 10,000 ... Among the deciduous broad-leaved beech trees live Japanese serows (a Special Natural Treasure of Japan), black woodpeckers, majestic golden eagles ...

The Japanese coined the phrase forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, in 1982, when the nation's forestry ministry made relaxing among trees part of its national public health program. Forests blanket ...

Micro forests were pioneered by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki ... Botanist Miyawaki pioneered the use of densely-planted trees in a small area to create forests in 20 to 30 years ...

The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind Japanese mini-forest this spring – which is slated to improve air quality, prevent flooding and beautify a “dilapidated” section of ...