In 2023, the designer and his partner arrived in Higashiyoshino, Nara for a holiday. They’ve since put down permanent roots ...

The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind Japanese mini-forest this spring – which is slated to improve air quality, prevent flooding and beautify a “dilapidated” section of ...

Also called the Sea of Trees, this destination for the desperate is a place where the suicidal disappear, often never to be found in the dense forest. Taro, a 46-year-old man fired from his job at an ...

The Japanese coined the phrase forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, in 1982, when the nation's forestry ministry made relaxing among trees part of its national public health program. Forests blanket ...

The story of how a botanist from Kent saved a variety of Japanese cherry trees from extinction in the 1920s will be told through a series of walks. Collingwood Ingram, from Westgate-on-Sea, was in ...

Micro forests were pioneered by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki ... Botanist Miyawaki pioneered the use of densely-planted trees in a small area to create forests in 20 to 30 years ...

Also called the Sea of Trees ... posted signs in Aokigahara Forest urging suicidal visitors to call their organization, a credit counseling service. Both men say Japanese society too often ...