Japan Culture
Japan’s Falling Trees Crisis: When the Postwar Planting Boom Reaches Its Limit
May 2026
Japan’s Falling Trees Crisis: When the Postwar Planting Boom Reaches Its Limit Introduction In April 2026, an 18-meter cherry tree with a…
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Arboriculture Knowledge from Japan
Field documentation, research, and insights on Japanese tree culture, tree diagnosis, garden design, urban greening, and landscape stewardship.
Japan Culture
How to Read Tree Decay Without Technology: Japanese Field Methods
April 2026
How to Read Tree Decay Without Technology: Japanese Field Methods Introduction Strike a wooden mallet against the trunk and listen. Press a…
Japan Culture
Karikomi: The Japanese Art of Cloud Pruning Explained
April 2026
Karikomi: The Japanese Art of Cloud Pruning Explained Introduction That landscape of rolling green mounds — soft domes and undulating ridges that…
Japan Culture
Miharu Takizakura: Japan’s 1,000-Year-Old Weeping Cherry Tree
April 2026
Introduction In the small town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, stands a single cherry tree that stops people in their tracks every spring.…
Japan Culture
VTA vs. Jyumoku-i: Comparing Two Tree Diagnosis Systems — Western Science Meets Japanese Expertise
April 2026
VTA vs. Jyumoku-i: Comparing Two Tree Diagnosis Systems — Western Science Meets Japanese Expertise Introduction How do you decide whether a tree…
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Niwaki vs Topiary: What Western Gardens Get Wrong
April 2026
Introduction “Cloud pruning.” “Pom-pom trees.” “Japanese-style topiary.” When I see these terms used to describe niwaki in Western garden media, I feel…
Japan Culture
Why Do Japan’s Ancient Trees Live for a Thousand Years?
April 2026
Introduction Imagine standing before a tree that was already old when Rome still ruled the Western world. In Japan, this is not…