Camphor tree japan

Over 3,000 years old, this camphor tree is the 7th largest tree in Japan. The roots of the tree are wrapped in rough bark, with their central section split open near the surface of the ground. The interior is a hollow space about 22 square meters in size, with a stone shrine in the back. This is the...

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A four hundred year old Camphor tree at the Meiji Jingu Shinto Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Located on Honshu Island, it is the capital city. This evergreen can reach 30 metres and its spread often equates its height. www.marianneperry.ca

This is the biggest camphor tree in Japan. It's growing in Higashi-Miyoshi in Tokushima #nature #tree #biggest

Kusunoki (Camphor tree) outside Shoren-in temple Kyoto, Japan

2,600 year old Camphor tree, Oyamazumi Shrine, Omishima Island, Ehime prefecture, Japan.

Cinnamomum camphora is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel.

In their beautiful new book, Wise Trees, American landscape photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel showcase a gorgeous selection of some of the world's oldest and wisest trees. All of the trees have a remarkable story to tell us.

In the old times, people used to donate horses to Shinto shrines. In time, the horses were replaced by ema, plaques of wood decorated with horse drawings

Un camphre au Dazaifu Tenman-gu, Fukuoka. #voyage #japon #inspiration #日本 #japan #beautiful #camphre #tree #camphor #traveljapan #nature #japantravel

the camphorwood over 2,600 years old Oyamazumi-jinja Shrine Omishima Island Ehime Pref. Japan

camphor trees of shoren-in by Val - http://ift.tt/1iRWbnn

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The Sacred Tree of Takeo Shrine (Takeo’s Okusu Tree) Location: Outside Mifuneyama Rakuen Garden Over 3000 years old, this camphor tree is the 7th largest tree in Japan....

Image 10 of 23 from gallery of The Architectural Review Announces Winners of the 2015 AR Emerging Architecture Awards. Bird’s Nest Atami / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects. Image © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners

Camphor Tree : nice fast-growing evergreen tree native to Japan. Low maintenance. Attracts birds. I love its scented leaves.

If you see a tree from a distance that looks like billowing clouds of lime-green cotton candy, it is most likely a Camphor Tree.

Architect Hiroshi Nakamura had always been intrigued by how some crows utilize found coat hangers as a structural element in their nests. With this idea in mind, a unique opportunity presented itself when treehouse builder Takashi Kobayashi contacted him with an unusual site for a tearoom: 10 meters above the ground in a 300-year-old cinnamomum camphora tree growing precariously on the side of a mountain that overlooks the ocean in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Using the coat hangers as a…