enjoying autumn. The tree-lined street is about 300 meters long and has 146 ginkgo trees. There are ginkgo trees over 100 years old and some that are at least 28 meters tall. Japanese original 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 ...

The trees are strategically pruned to gradually decrease in height from the entrance to the back of the street. Every autumn, the ginkgo trees turn a vibrant yellow, making the avenue one of the ...

after ginkgo and flowering cherry trees. But somehow, they have since dropped to No. 12. Why this dramatic decline? “They shed leaves profusely in autumn, and ‘rain’ caterpillars on the ...

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 ...