This must be what is called "sensai-boku" in Japanese, literally a "war survivor tree ... exist in the previous life/ Nor will they exist in the afterlife." Some ginkgo trees are said to live ...

A ginkgo tree at Kingenji Temple in Shimane Prefecture's Okuizumo Town is 33 meters tall, has a circumference of more than 6 meters and is said to be over 700 years old. In addition to viewing the ...

01:53 This program is on the seed in side of the fruit of this tree - the ginkgo nut. 01:58 I hadn't tried this delicacy prior to coming to Japan, and never imagined there was any edible part of a ...

Local officials reported that at least six branches snapped off a towering ginkgo tree, decades-old and roughly 20 meters tall, in the city’s Tamadaira district. “I offer my sincerest ...