By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
May 7, 2024 at 08:00 JST
The Shirakami-Sanchi beech forest began to develop some 8,000 years ago; “sanchi” is a collective term for a mountainous area. A walking path allows easy access to parts of the forest, which has a natural eco-system left in an undeveloped state. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
In just about every pamphlet I obtained regarding Shirakami-Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese tree. [Read More]
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