Credit: SBS Bonsai, which means “tree in a container”, is the Japanese art of growing and training trees in a pot or container. The culture can be traced as far back as the 14th century.

"Japanese people pose and hug the trees and we find it funny seeing it ... Flags, emblems and painting of curbs is forbidden and the houses are all painted the same shade of white.

Vivid tree peonies are at their best at Mobara tree peony garden in the city of Mobara, Chiba Prefecture. The site is surrounded by a woodland area where the sounds of Japanese bush warblers and ...