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  • only in Japan.

  • For bonsai trees, there's no better place than Omiya in Saitama Prefecture, about 45 minutes away from Tokyo.

  • Near Total Station is a museum and bonsai village, a center for bone sign For almost 100 years, the open air museum is an easy stroll around a centuries old bonsai tree collection.

  • Inside, there are history lessons in English and special rooms.

  • Dizzy bonsai in Japanese home environments.

  • In Japan, the connection between man and nature is very strong.

  • Welcome to the Show Me a bonsai art museum.

  • It's a place we can learn about the history of bones, and there's a beautiful one behind me.

  • I wanted to come here to find out what makes a bonsai tree so beautiful.

  • What are some of the characteristics that Japanese see in these trees that maybe we should know when we see one?

  • It's not the perfect day to go and see them, but we're here for the biggest collaboration and YouTube history hash tag team trees, 20 million trees around the world, and we here in Japan we love our trees were going to support that.

  • That's a great thing, a great cause and stay tuned to the end of this video to learn how you can do that.

  • Total station welcomes you to bone site town, Japan.

  • An area inside Oh, Mia.

  • Even in the rain, it's really beautiful.

  • Tow.

  • Walk around this art museum.

  • I mean, trees need rain, right?

  • The rain can bring out the green color a little more in the trees, dark in the trunks, See a different side of them.

  • Bonsai is literally translated as Trey planting.

  • The sizes vary from very small toe Well, over a meter and height.

  • I learned that getting down and looking up at the bonsai trees gives you a grand view of it.

  • Although miniature in size, they look much bigger from this angle.

  • I asked A cannot ease on from the Omi a bonsai art museum about what makes these tree special ski know how did not Sachiko, you know Henkel conjure Reporter must Mutua.

  • Jeez, I know they want to help me That ticket they you know, not on your team or whatever on curing me going to somebody in this building.

  • You call your thinking on restoring the narc?

  • We're getting there and she doesn't know.

  • Said I knew what they said.

  • I digest automatic.

  • You know, I had come during a typhoon, but that didn't stop me from searching for that 1000 year old bonsai tree.

  • It's a lot smaller than I thought it would be.

  • This one.

  • Bonsai trees estimated to be about 1000 years old.

  • Imagine it was alive during the Byzantine Empire High Middle Ages before the Crusades, when the tale of Genji was written.

  • The trunk is split in the middle, the deadwood cascading out still looks strong and lively.

  • But how can the bones I live in a pot for 1000 years?

  • I know just what she's gonna on foot Dick Day.

  • Continue with their day and watching you hate the same nine holes semi on the Kennedy can Kyoto studio Conine.

  • Sorry anymore.

  • So no Qaida data cooking today.

  • Kyoto City today So lucky.

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  • So this summer, you know, on hunting height, because because of the cuter, you know, attached talk, talk, talk, bones, iron More than just evergreens.

  • This Japanese maple called Mommy G is 150 years old.

  • The trunk, beautifully groomed, surrounded my moss.

  • This bonsai is growing out of Iraq.

  • This one looks small, but if you look a little closer, it also resembles a giant ancient forest.

  • Here's a 120 year old Japanese mountain, Mabel, when you look at it from below the miniature shape of the trunk and branches air symmetrically pleasing to the eye.

  • This one is 350 years old and called the Blue Dragon.

  • It's leaning far to the side, getting bigger at the end like the head of a dragon.

  • What do you think this 60 year old white pine is growing out of Iraq on a wooden tray?

  • This 40 year old miniature Chinese crab apple tree makes a colorful bond side the shape, size, style and color of the leaves and pop, and the setting that it sits and all leave an impression on the beholder.

  • Bonds.

  • I are small but powerful.

  • 66% of Japan's lands are covered with force, but around the world it's 30% and decreasing.

  • Many YouTube creators, including me, are pushing hard to plant more trees 20 million more, and with your help, we can do it or donate to a team tree charity like Arbor Day Foundation.

  • Were every dollar plants a tree.

  • More information on this in the video description.

  • Is it really important?

  • You can see there's a big connection between trees and Japanese culture?

  • The bones, said Tree, is the connection between man and the natural world, and it's pretty cool.

  • I'm really proud to be part of this collaboration.

  • Team trees.

  • Take a look at the link in the description to see what you can do to help plan 20 million trees around the world.

  • Even the bones that tree, because bolted trees are still trees.

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