Kokubun-ji temple, founded in the 8 th century, is a must-see if you want to explore Takayama's sacred history: the visit includes a three-storey pagoda and a colossal 1,250-year-old ginkgo tree.

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 ...

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 ...

The Japan ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments ... The committee also announced that it will survey the health of the ginkgo trees that make up the representative landscape of the leafy ...