NHK2 年
2.4km row of metasequoia turns brownish yellow
About 500 metasequoia trees line a prefectural road ... It has become a popular tourist spot in autumn, with the towering trees seeming to reach for the sky.
朝日新聞社4 年
VOX POPULI: Once believed extinct, this rare redwood thrives as a ‘living fossil’
The metasequoia, also known as “a living fossil,” was named 80 years ago by botanist Shigeru Miki (1901-1974), who taught at Kyoto Imperial University, present-day Kyoto University.