Japan’s most beautiful valley faces crisis due to evil trees
The Japanese love of nature is unlimited in their deep reverence of the environment.
‘Japan’s most beautiful valley’ faces crisis due to unkempt trees
2008 Aug 28 - Mainichi Daily News
KOFU — The tourist association of Shosenkyo, a scenic spot in Yamanashi Prefecture that promotes itself as “Japan’s most beautiful valley,” has been receiving many complaints from visitors… about the number of unkempt trees spoiling the view including that of Kakuenpo, a huge, symbolic rock in the valley. In consideration of the situation, the association learned of the decision to cut down the trees growing along the most scenic 300-meter part of a four-kilometer trail in the valley…more...
Factious Question:
Why do Japanese parks and playing fields never have grass?
Factious Answer:
Grass growing free disturbs the Japanese Wa/harmony, so a vital part of the culture of Japan is to pull out by hand anything green that is disturbs the gray concrete Wa.
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August 30th, 2008 at 12:39 am
hey man, I just wanted to tell you that BizarreJapan is alive and well - now with a new name and new web address, check it out:
http://www.freakyjapan.com
thnx for support!
August 30th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hi bizarrejapan-san!
Yeah, your comment is a bit off topic but what the hell, freakyjapan includes more than concrete and tree haters.
August 30th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Wasn’t Tokyo Governor, Lumberjack Blinky Ishihara, supposed to chop down all obstructing trees in Japan in his anti-hay fever campaign?
August 30th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Yes, I wrote about that in November 2006, “Tokyo Gov. Ishihara’s true calling: LUMBERJACK!”
August 30th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I wonder how long it will be before Tokyo Governor Blinky Ishihara joins in the revival of the Village People? Can’t you just see him dressed in the Indian outfit with the hatchet in his hands, singing Macho Macho Man?
August 30th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Pollen…
The Japan Times Online - Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
….The Tokyo Metropolitan Government provides regional up-to-date pollen count forecasts in e-mail to registered cell phone users.
The Forestry Agency plans to log cedar and replace them with new strains that were developed to release less pollen.
Cedar forests cover about 4.5 million hectares. According to an agency study, the Kanto and Kansai regions trace their pollen concentrations to a combined 95,000 forested hectares. Here, too, plans are afoot for the agency and local governments to log the mature cedar and replant forests with the new strains.
The goal is to halve problematic forests in those areas by 2017…more…
Pollen set to come out of hibernation
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006 The Japan Times Online
….it is proposed to start cutting down cedar trees this autumn, at a rate of 1,200 hectares per year for 10 years.
There will be a lot of road construction involved in this, and in Japan, that always worries me. Construction companies will froth at the mouth and come up with enormously expensive plans to make hard, wide roads for very heavy equipment. These roads are an ecological disaster and cost a hell of a lot to maintain. …more…