The Tohoku Regional Forest Office in the city of Akita has announced that beech trees in five Tohoku prefectures of ...

When people mention going to Japan for hanami (flower-watching in Japanese), one would usually think of sakura or cherry blossoms. But there are also other equally beautiful flowers that bloom ...

Though Japan is more closely associated with other flowers such as the camellia, the chrysanthemum and the cherry blossom, Wybe Kuitert, the landscape architect and author of “Japanese Gardens ...