As the legend goes, the tree was planted by the emperor himself. The ancient tree is now 19 meters tall, with its thickest part estimated to measure 11.6 meters in perimeter, said Liu Pan ...

Emperor Naruhito attended the 75th National Tree-Planting Festival at Chichibu Muse Park in Saitama Prefecture on Sunday. In his address at the annual event, the emperor looked back on climbing ...