Plants in Japan

An office building covered from head to toe in over eighty variety of plants

The bamboo that helped Thomas Edison develop a longlasting lightbulb.

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.

The only natural gorge in metropolitan Tokyo, with lots of greenery and ancient burial chambers.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.