The Aokigahara Forest of Honshu, Japan (also known interchangeably as the Sea of Trees and more insidiously, the Suicide Forest), is famous for its haunting history and reputation, some based on ...

Used as a preventative measure against stress in Japan, I gave forest bathing a go to gain first-hand experience of its ...

The agency's goal is to encourage corporate participation in forest conservation by making it easier for companies to gain ...

The Miyawaki method is an afforestation technique for cultivating fast-growing groves of native plants, with the dense, mixed planting intended to simulate the layers of a natural forest. Originally ...

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku in its original Japanese, is a mindfulness practice that involves immersing oneself in nature. The decades-old practice pulls from research that shows that spending ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Gross is a seasoned travel journalist based in Beaufort, SC. In Japan, the relationship between humans and nature has ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after it has burned nearly 3,000 acres of forest in the Iwate ...

TOKYO >> Japan’s government plans to develop its own method of measuring the country’s plant resources, with the goal of accurately determining its carbon dioxide absorption levels. Since July, the ...

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This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Akimoto Nakai stands in a clearing within the cedarwoods, the babble of a mountain brook filling the morning air and the slanting light ...