okay, now i have another question--the tree in the right foreground of the pic looks like it was deliberately pruned to resemble a waterfall bonsai--do you see a lot of that around tokyo?
It's actually part of the outer moat (Benkeibori) of the old Edo castle in Tokyo. Once upon a time it looked like this (second picture down) and this (third picture down).
Aside: Thanks for asking, as the Old Tokyo site I found and linked to above is quite fascinating...
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Date: 2005-04-09 07:49 am (UTC)spring has definitely sprung!
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Date: 2005-04-09 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 07:55 am (UTC)It does however, seem to be typically Japanese to quite aggressively prune urban trees.
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Date: 2005-04-10 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-09 10:02 am (UTC)Aside: Thanks for asking, as the Old Tokyo site I found and linked to above is quite fascinating...