Planning your dream trip to Japan in spring for cherry blossom season ... Kawazu boasts a distinctive type of cherry tree called Kawazu-zakura, which blooms roughly a month earlier than the typical ...

This type of tree is the ideal one for you to grow in the garden but it's important to plant it before the end of the month. If you’re hoping to get some extra greenery into your garden this ...

And with that, my ‘off the beaten track’ tour around central Japan with a group of strangers began, a little more intimately ...

In Japan, while cherry blossoms often capture the most attention, there's another equally stunning pink flower ... Not to be confused with the fruit known as ‘plum’ in English, ‘ume,’ the plums found ...

(Mainichi/Ayako Oguni) TOKYO -- If you were raising children overseas, what kind of picture books would you want for them? Since last summer, Bookstart Japan, a nonprofit group that promotes ...

Spring in Japan is a magical season, especially for cherry blossom lovers. While iconic spots like Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka draw crowds for Sakura viewing, there’s another side to Japan that offers the ...

But given the flammability of Southern California, which will soon be rebuilding and replanting after massive destruction from the recent fires, what kind of trees are safest? I have some answers ...

If you're just starting to embrace a love of gardening, you may be tempted to buy Costco's bonsai trees. But are they worth ...

As an American living in Japan, one of the best parts of being based here is the chance to visit remote places that are often ...

Note: The ice trees at Zao Onsen Ski Resort, known as juhyo in Japanese, are also often referred to as "snow monsters" in English. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi ...