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Risky Ginkgo

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See a 400-year-old ginkgo tree in Hibiya Park, famous for surviving fire.

Risky Ginkgo
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What it is

  • A giant ginkgo tree in Hibiya Park, Tokyo.
  • Estimated to be over 400 years old.
  • Named after Shizuro Honda, who saved it in 1901.
  • A representative and popular tree in the park.

What to see

  • A ginkgo tree with the thickest trunk in Hibiya Park.
  • See where it recovered after a 1971 restaurant fire.

Getting there

  • 3-minute walk from Kasumigaseki Station.
  • 2-minute walk from Hibiya Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

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