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Camphora officinarum grows up to 20–30 m (66–98 ft) tall. [4] In Japan, where the tree is called kusunoki, five camphor trees are known with a trunk circumference above 20 m (66 ft), with the largest individual, Kamō no Ōkusu (蒲生の大楠, "Great camphor of Kamō"), reaching 24.22 m (79 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft).
Civil Aviation Bureau: Airports in Japan (map with English text) "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-26 "UN Location Codes: Japan". UN/LOCODE 2009-1. UNECE. 2009-09-23. - includes IATA codes; Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Japan - IATA ...
Camphor (/ ˈ k æ m f ər /) is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma. [5] It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone.It is found in the wood of the camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), a large evergreen tree found in East Asia; and in the kapur tree (Dryobalanops sp.), a tall timber tree from South East Asia.
Kamō is home to the oldest Camphor laurel tree (Cinnamomum camphora) in Japan. The tree is approximately 1500 years old, [2] and stretches 33.6 m (110 ft) across, [3] and about 30 m (98 ft) high. It was heavily damaged in typhoons in 1997 and 2004. A large hollow, with a diameter of 4.5 m (15 ft), [3] exists inside the tree. This hollow was a ...
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Haneda Airport maintains its position as the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Japan, despite the important influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in its operation.. Japan's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the fifty busiest airports in the country according to the number of total passengers, and also including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements ...
Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.
The surviving trees of Sannō Shrine have become another living demonstration of destruction and re-growth. Two large camphor trees were scorched, burned and stripped of all leaves by the bomb's shock wave; and yet, despite everything, the trees survived. One tree in Nagasaki was designated a natural monument on February 15, 1969.