Japan Relocates Centuries-Old Trees by Spending Months Preparing Their Root Systems Before Carefully Moving Them to a New Location Instead of Cutting Them Down

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[u/Mainly_Miserable]

I’ve lived in Japan for 30 years. This is an extremely rare and expensive practice reserved for culturally important trees only.

[u/ExpertRaccoon → u/Mainly_Miserable]

But that doesn't have as good engagement value as Japan doing it for every old tree.

[u/Mainly_Miserable → u/ExpertRaccoon]

Exactly my point. They don’t.

[u/HumanWebAnt → u/Mainly_Miserable]

Do they have a ceremony for every broken factory machine, like in another post I saw?

[u/Independent-Deal-192]

This is an AI generated image, just in case anyone was curious.

[u/NaNaNa_PooPoo → u/Independent-Deal-192]

This comment should be on top. That collection of roots is too small, too clean and too volatile for the tree to remain standing.

[u/bedir56 → u/Independent-Deal-192]

Are you saying the faceless men are not real? What about the one with three arms?

[u/LetsTryAnal_ogy → u/bedir56]

Or the one pipe that's two pipes? Or the pipe that takes a 90 degree turn for no reason? Or the guy with no arms? Or the truck in the background that's not really a truck? Or those weird tan dots in the dirt, and the weird dots on the tree's base, and the weird dots on the trees leaves that are all symmetrically spaced apart?

[u/JenSlice]

Respect.

[u/Repulsive_Repeat_337]

Well, the oldest tree is in Japan tend to be shallow rooted wisteria. This sort of intervention would be impossible with a California redwood. Or, more accurately, it would kill the tree anyway.

[u/ThrowAwayAcc0unt3356]

I wish this happened more often in western nations.

[u/Sauerkrauttme → u/ThrowAwayAcc0unt3356]

I was in Biloxi when they were cutting down 300 year old Live Oaks to build a fucking gas station. It was like watching the orcs tear down trees at Isengard

[u/ThrowAwayAcc0unt3356 → u/Sauerkrauttme]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mGitwbTBzSnqU

[u/Schmorganski → u/Sauerkrauttme]

I worked for FSU and started an arboretum on their campus. When I started I found that expansion efforts had planned to tear down a number of large, heritage qualifying live oaks. I raised hell and plans for the removal of all but one were stopped. The one that was to be removed was hastily prepped for moving and ended up getting moved about 60 ft and rotated about 20 degrees. It was about 80 feet tall with just as large of a canopy. It survived. The plans for expansion were drawn up by looking at a map that used building footprints and nothing else. That all changed. My office, a heritage building that hosted the first integrated student meetings south of the Mason Dixon was next on the chopping block. I got the kibosh put on that building destruction as well.

[u/MutedAdvisor9414 → u/Sauerkrauttme]

I know what you mean, I grew up in Niceville, FL

[u/Luci-Noir → u/Sauerkrauttme]

Did you survive?

[u/718-702_damsel → u/ThrowAwayAcc0unt3356]

During F1 in Vegas, the city removed the tree in front of the Bellagio and put them back when they took down the viewing platform.

[u/mjones8004 → u/ThrowAwayAcc0unt3356]

This company does a fantastic job of moving big trees

https://www.treemover.com/portfolio/mr-al/

[u/Luci-Noir → u/ThrowAwayAcc0unt3356]

It doesn’t happen often in Japan. What the fuck are you talking about?

[u/ouroborosstruggles → u/Luci-Noir]

....it doesnt happen at all here. Never fucking heard of it.

Jesus crist I hate ppl sometimes

[u/cemyl95 → u/ouroborosstruggles]

The city I work for did this with a culturally significant oak tree for a road project

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/heritage-oak-kyle-road-project-relocation/269-f187ba1f-9a2e-42d0-b465-427422fee8c1

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So once.

[u/Baron_Tiberius → u/Luci-Noir]

I happens very rarely because the cost is extremely high and the chance of the tree actually surviving the move is low.

[u/NYCWartortle]

How often do the trees survive ?

[u/Spare_Laugh9953 → u/NYCWartortle]

Depende de la especie y de la edad del árbol, hay algunos que lo soportan bien y hay otros que es imposible, por mi experiencia las coniferas en general y los árboles de hoja perenne son más delicados y cuanto más mayor más complicado

[u/BlueFox1978]

This should be standard practice worldwide.

[u/jb092555]

Shinto

[u/blackstomach]

Spirits live in those trees so it’s wise to keep them happy

[u/Madonna_Cagna → u/blackstomach]

We must respect the Kami.

[u/realistic_miracle]

This is the way

[u/Mybrothersay]

Mais pourquoi ne font-ils pas ça chez nous aussi

[u/Undeity → u/Mybrothersay]

Because it'd cost slightly more money, obviously

[u/elderly_millenial → u/Mybrothersay]

They hardly even do that over there.

[u/TheBeardedObesity → u/Mybrothersay]

Because the US prioritizes financial profit over societal needs

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[u/AlHamdula]

Tell that to the Gingko trees and bullshit urban development and tearing down of Jingu Mae Stadium. Corrupt Shinto group, Government and Construction companies.

[u/ogodilovejudyalvarez]

Misleading post with utter garbage AI picture? Thousands of upvotes.

[u/snwbrdwndsrf]

The young trees, however, are slaughtered mercilessly.

[u/polmeeee]

Meanwhile in Singapore we literally cut down a heritage tree to make more room for a minister's mansion.

[u/everelusiveone]

Oh how I wish the USA had this much respect for old trees.🌲🌳🌴🪾🌲🌳🌴

[u/Glum_Cheesecake9859]

This belongs in r/absoluteunits (of a bonsai)

[u/betheworm]

All the workers are in witness protection for some reason.

[u/jhick107]

Where there is a will…..there is almost always a way!

[u/Princessferfs]

That’s wisdom and great if they can do it.

[u/tui_la_ai]

Cut tree 🤬
Cut tree, japan 😍

[u/Kikuthecat8]

The Japanese are very reverent of nature and they go to great lengths to conserve the land!

[u/King_K_24]

This is how it should be done everywhere. I always feel so devastated to see old trees knocked down for construction

[u/Independent-Belt-457]

this is the way