more commonly known as Hakone grass or Japanese forest grass, is native to the mountainous regions of Japan. The bamboo-like stems grow in elegant cascades that dance in the breeze and change ...

For the first time in nearly 120 years, "hachiku" bamboo is flowering all across Japan. The hachiku bamboo plant expands by sending out underground stems, which can grow at a rate of about 2 ...

and sauntered through a bamboo forest. The kids made it clear that Japan lights up all five of your senses — no matter what age you are. We all enjoyed finding a beach full of smooth pottery ...

In just about every pamphlet I obtained regarding Shirakami-Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese tree. Siebold? I muttered to myself, “Who is this ...

Other trees like bamboo ... developed by renowned Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, is a revolutionary method for creating dense forests in limited spaces. Often referred to as ...