Japanese Cypress

Many old shrines and temples in Japan are built with Cypress woood. Japanese Cypresses are evergreen needle-leaved trees that grow as high as about 40m. The wood has beautiful woodgrain, is durable, easy to process, and highly tolerant of humidity. For these reasons,Cypress is known to be superbuilding material. Homes built with Cypress are considered a luxury even nowadays.
Another secret to its popularity is the sheen the pale yellowbark develops increasingly overtime. with its anti-bacterial properties and refreshing fragrance, Cypress is used often as a material for baththubs in hot spring areas. The tree fragrance of these tubs is delight.

Bamboo as an all around tool.
Bamboo is a plant that Japanese people have used for ages. Because its light, flexible, and easy to process, bamboo was used to make a variety of tool such as baskets,fences,bamboo swords,and brooms. It can alsobe planted in the yard for aestethic purposes. Young bamboos have refreshingly green leaves and trunk that gradually turn yellow as they age.

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry blossoms, which signal arrival of spring, can be described as the flower most loved by the people of Japan. As spring approaches, Cherry blossoms forecast are reported on TV and in newspaper. The blossoming of these trees advanching from the south to the north on the Japanese archipelago is called the 'Cherry blossoms front"
During the Cherry blossoms season, people spread blankets or vinyl sheets under the trees for a picnic with friens or family in aspring tradition called 'hanami". There are over 300 varieties ofCherry blossoms in Japan, with differing flower colors and number of petals.
The beauty of falling petals is also part of the charm. The pale pink petals fluttering in the wind like snow are called 'sakura fubuki", leaterally meaning Cherry blossoms snowfall. The fragileness of Cherry blossoms is often used as a metaphor for life or the passage of time in songs and poems.

Mount Fuji

Japan's tallest peak, Mount Fuji Japan (3,776 m altitude), is located right about in the middle of Japan, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.
It's said that this active volcano repeatedly erupted and accumulated lava to arrive at this current shape approximately 10,000 years ago. This composite volcano is beautiful from every angle, and has had emotional significance to the Japanese throughout centuries. In the middle ages, it served as aplace for monks to undergo training, in the Edo period (1603-1867),it bustled as a mountain where the common people made pilgrimages. Today, Mount Fuji Japan is a popular mountain visited by approxymately 300,000 climbers yearly.
Shapes with a broad base like mount Fuji Japan are called "suehirogari" literally meaning, "broadened at the edges." This is considered an auspicious shape to indicate that good fortune will continue to the future. For this reason, mount Fuji Japan is an icon of prosperity.