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Entrance to the bamboo grove at Takebayashi Park. 竹林公園
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Higashikurume's farming homes used to each have a bamboo grove.
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However, due to urban development, the bamboo groves were fast disappearing. So from 1974, the city decided to preserve this one bamboo grove.
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A nice short trail goes through the bamboo forest.
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Bamboo forest, Higashikurume, Tokyo
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In the bamboo forest is one of Tokyo's 57 Famous Natural Springs.
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One of Tokyo's 57 Famous Natural Springs 竹林公園・東京の名湧水５７選
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Clear water, but I could not find any spot where the water was gushing out.
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Map of the boardwalk going through the Sakishima suounoki mangroves in the Komi district. Near the mouth of Maira River. サキシマスオウノキ (古見)
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Boardwalk at Sakishima suounoki mangroves in the Komi area. サキシマスオウノキ (古見)
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These mangroves are a National Natural Monument.
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Sakishima suounoki mangroves, Iriomote. サキシマスオウノキ (古見)
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Sakishima suounoki mangroves, Iriomote. サキシマスオウノキ (古見)
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Boardwalk at Sakishima suounoki mangroves in the Komi area. サキシマスオウノキ (古見)
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Low tide puddles.
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An exotic plant on Iriomote called "looking-glass mangrove" (Sakishima suounoki) with huge roots that look like a byobu folding screen. (サキシマスオウノキ 先島蘇芳木 Heritiera littoralis)
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In the old days, part of the root was used as a rudder on Okinawan sabani fishing boats. (サキシマスオウノキ 先島蘇芳木 Heritiera littoralis)
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Different plant growing on a branch of this looking-glass mangrove.
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Mangrove seedling.
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