These five masterpieces capture the very essence of the transformations that have shaped Japan's visual identity, from the ...

Japanese maples are beautiful garden trees that are relatively easy to care for, but they can struggle in hot weather without ...

inspire famous books, receive worship, and bear witness to history. Spending mindful, intentional time around trees—what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing—can promote health ...

This bonsai was started more than 70 years ago, when Japanese American bonsai artist John Naka cut the top off a mature juniper tree and planted it in a pot. Over the next two decades, he ...

(Having been to the famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove on a ... same views without the gaggles of tourists.) The Banyan Tree Spa pairs Japanese healing practices with global spa treatments.

The most famous place to see the cherry blossoms ... But the idea to plant Japanese cherry trees in the U.S. capital was raised as early as 1885 by a woman named Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, a writer ...

The National Park Service declared peak bloom on March 28 for the iconic cherry trees ... curator at the Portland Japanese Garden, said you can find cherry trees throughout the city.

Forget baubles and tinsel. When iconic Japanese architect Kengo Kuma decided to design Christmas trees for the first time in his decades-long career, it was maybe no surprise that the material palette ...

Fumito Miyake, minister for public affairs at the Japanese embassy ... this year have added an event to honor the city's most famous tree — a memorial pedal-boat race March 20.