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Asagaya Zelkova Tunnel
Perhaps the most beautiful street in western Tokyo is this Zelkovia (keyaki or 欅)tree tunnel on Nakasugi Douri in Asagaya. This photo was taken near the Minami Asagaya station of the Marunouchi line...
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Rice planting in Nasu, Tochigi
It’s always an adventure to get out of Tokyo and see rural Japan. Recently, TEDxSeeds executive producer Ito Hiromasa (伊藤 弘雅) invited me to join some of his friends on a day trip visit to an...
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Planting trees at Umi no Mori
先月友だちと海の森でボランティア植林に参加しました。二時間以内で、二十人が五百の木を植えました。この新しい都市の森はすばらしいと思います。五十万木はごみの上で育ちます。たくさんの都民はこの大掛かりなプロジェクトをまだ知りませんでした。 Last month some friends and I participated in a volunteer tree-planting at Umi no...
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Dense planting creates endless layers in small balcony garden
小さなベランダで、数百枚の植物を飼っていることを信じられない人が多いです。毎週、きれいな植物を買ってこなければなりません。 Many times people cannot believe it when I tell them that I have hundreds of plants on my tiny Tokyo balcony. I guess it’s a “more is...
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Sidewalk sunflowers bloom in busy Shinjuku commercial corridor
新宿は、人工の照明ばかりなのに、この歩道のヒマワリが明るく見えます。区が植えたようではないです。誰がいつ植えたのでしょう。 I love these rogue sunflowers growing in the sidewalk of Shinjuku Dori, a busy commercial corridor. At night the flowers are brighter than...
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