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  • Ficus superba is also called a  deciduous fig, sea fig and also known as a Strangler fig because of its potential to grow and eventually progress to the strangling way in which the roots intermingle with other nearby plants.  The sea fig or ficus superb is found in Japan, China and Taiwan.  Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    ficus-superba-japonica-2.jpg
  • Ficus superba is also called a  deciduous fig, sea fig and also known as a Strangler fig because of its potential to grow and eventually progress to the strangling way in which the roots intermingle with other nearby plants.  The sea fig or ficus superb is found in Japan, China and Taiwan.  Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    ficus-superba-japonica-3.jpg
  • Ficus superba is also called a  deciduous fig, sea fig and also known as a Strangler fig because of its potential to grow and eventually progress to the strangling way in which the roots intermingle with other nearby plants.  The sea fig or ficus superb is found in Japan, China and Taiwan.  Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    ficus-superba-japonica-1.jpg
  • A banyan tree is a fig that starts life growing on another plant.  Its seeds germinate in cracks on a host tree.  The word banyan is occasionally used to include fig trees in general even the fruit bearing type.   Like other fig species,  banyans bear multiple fruit in pods. Banyan trees figure prominently in several Asian and Pacific religions and myths.
    banyan-tree-02.jpg
  • A banyan tree is a fig that starts life growing on another plant.  Its seeds germinate in cracks on a host tree.  The word banyan is occasionally used to include fig trees in general even the fruit bearing type.   Like other fig species,  banyans bear multiple fruit in pods. Banyan trees figure prominently in several Asian and Pacific religions and myths.
    banyan-tree-01.jpg
  • Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    gajumaru-banyan-09.jpg
  • Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    gajumaru-banyan-07.jpg
  • Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    gajumaru-banyan-03.jpg
  • Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    gajumaru-banyan-06.jpg
  • Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    gajumaru-banyan-02.jpg
  • A banyan tree is a fig that starts life growing on another plant.  Its seeds germinate in cracks on a host tree.  The word banyan is occasionally used to include fig trees in general even the fruit bearing type.   Like other fig species,  banyans bear multiple fruit in pods. Banyan trees figure prominently in several Asian and Pacific religions and myths.
    banyan-tree-03.jpg
  • Clearly Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and the lush forests and dramatic ravines where they grow.  This is not all the island has to offer as there are other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden where it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The canopy blocks out much of the light as well as the roots hanging down over the paths.  The Gajumaru Banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. The roots of the Gajumaru stretch in all directions as the trees share their existence with other plants. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old of varying size.  The trees have spread from one tree to another by attaching and intertwining with other trees so that the aerial roots intertwine. The powerful scenery of dense tropical Japanese sea fig can also be seen here.
    gajumaru-banyan-08.jpg
  • 66.4 Gajumaru Banyan Garden 志戸子ガジュマル園  Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and lush forests where they grow.  However, this is not all the island has to offer with other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden.  In this stretch of banyan it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The gajumaru banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old.
    66.4.YAKUSHIMA-BANYAN-02.jpg
  • 66.4 Gajumaru Banyan Garden 志戸子ガジュマル園  Yakushima is best known for its ancient cedar trees and lush forests where they grow.  However, this is not all the island has to offer with other forests to explore such as the Gajumaru Banyan Garden.  In this stretch of banyan it is difficult to tell which are the original trees and which are the supporting roots. The gajumaru banyan is related to the tropical fig tree and is an indigenous plant whose aerial roots sprout in all directions from the trunk. Some of these gigantic figs are more than 500 years old.
    66.4.YAKUSHIMA-BANYAN-01.jpg
  • Ficus microcarpa is also called banyan, Chinese banyan, Indian laurel, or colloquially curtain fig.  It is a tree native to Asia and widely planted as a shade tree in tropical locations.  Ficus microcarpa is also popular as an ornamental plant and a common tree in warm climates.
    Ficus-microcarpa-03.jpg
  • Ficus microcarpa is also called banyan, Chinese banyan, Indian laurel, or colloquially curtain fig.  It is a tree native to Asia and widely planted as a shade tree in tropical locations.  Ficus microcarpa is also popular as an ornamental plant and a common tree in warm climates.
    Ficus-microcarpa-02.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has mostly been left in the same condition in which it was found because the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig Ficus gibbosa.
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  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ta-prohm-8.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
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  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ruins-ta-prohm-1.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ta-prohm-2.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ta-prohm-5.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ta-prohm-4.jpg
  • Ficus microcarpa is also called banyan, Chinese banyan, Indian laurel, or colloquially curtain fig.  It is a tree native to Asia and widely planted as a shade tree in tropical locations.  Ficus microcarpa is also popular as an ornamental plant and a common tree in warm climates.
    Ficus-microcarpa-04.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ta-prohm-9.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ta-prohm-6.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ruins-ta-prohm-2.jpg
  • Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).
    ta-prohm-1.jpg
  • As the main attractions of Yakushima Island are its nature trails, ancient cedar and strangler fig trees, most visitors don't take the time to tour the island.  However, there are some discoveries that await the traveler willing to go off the tourist track.  Yakushima Lighthouse, one of the best preserved of Japanese lighthouses, overlooks the western end of the island, which is treacherous after the sandy beaches and gentle coast of the northern parts of the island where green sea turtles lay their eggs.
    yakushima-lighthouse-1.jpg
  • Corridor at Ta Prohm - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries Ta Prohm was founded by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. The trees growing out of the ruins are perhaps the most distinctive feature of Ta Prohm, and "have prompted more writers to descriptive excess than any other feature of Angkor." Two species predominate but sources disagree on their identification. The larger is either the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the smaller is either the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa) or Gold Apple Diospyros decandra.
    corridor-ta-prohm-5.jpg
  • Corridor at Ta Prohm - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries Ta Prohm was founded by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. The trees growing out of the ruins are perhaps the most distinctive feature of Ta Prohm, and "have prompted more writers to descriptive excess than any other feature of Angkor." Two species predominate but sources disagree on their identification. The larger is either the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the smaller is either the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa) or Gold Apple Diospyros decandra.
    corridor-ta-prohm-2.jpg
  • Corridor at Ta Prohm - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries Ta Prohm was founded by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. The trees growing out of the ruins are perhaps the most distinctive feature of Ta Prohm, and "have prompted more writers to descriptive excess than any other feature of Angkor." Two species predominate but sources disagree on their identification. The larger is either the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the smaller is either the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa) or Gold Apple Diospyros decandra.
    corridor-ta-prohm-1.jpg
  • A 400 year old balete tree in  Lazi, Siquijor is unusual in that the spring that emanates from the base of the tree then flows straight into a pool. The Balete tree is from the  Ficus family (or strangler figs) that grow hanging roots that eventually  encircle and suffocate the host tree.   In some areas of the Philippines people believe that balete trees are dwelling places for supernatural beings.
    balete-tree-1.jpg
  • A 400 year old balete tree in  Lazi, Siquijor is unusual in that the spring that emanates from the base of the tree then flows straight into a pool. The Balete tree is from the  Ficus family (or strangler figs) that grow hanging roots that eventually  encircle and suffocate the host tree.   In some areas of the Philippines people believe that balete trees are dwelling places for supernatural beings.
    balete-tree-3.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.
    yokan-2.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.
    yokan-3.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.
    yokan-1.jpg
  • Yokan is a Japanese jellied dessert made of red bean paste and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form and eaten in slices. Yokan also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, figs, sweet potato among other seasonal additions.  This version of yokan is from Kanazawa with tiny flecks of real gold embedded in the confection.
    gold-sweets-1.jpg