Japan on my mind

This amazing tree lives in the Hama Rikyu Detached Garden in Tokyo. It is awesome not only because of its age, but its ability to survive within the urban jungle that is Tokyo.

It thrives, tended by gardeners who never saw its beginning and will never see its ending, but continue to prune and create a structure for it that is unbelievable.

I could not photograph the entire tree in one picture and have it look like anything.

This tree was not allowed to grow upward. All of its growth was directed sideways. This is the structure holding it in place.

Some branches get wrapped with bamboo fibers to protect them.

Here is a close-up of some of that structure.

I made a collage in Photoshop. Let’s see if I can get it in here.