TreeAn immersive journey through trees in Japan by celebrated writer Aya Koda now available in English for the first time 'Trees are not just living things, but feeling beings, like us. Better keep a watchful eye over them' Ezo spruce, hinoki, cherry blossoms. Persimmon, maple, cypress. The trees of Japan cast a spell on those who visit its landscape. But as a child, writer Aya Koda realized they were more than objects of beauty. Gifted a sapling by her

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