370 Year Old Gigantic Sakura Tree ☆ LIVE #13 

Imagine this sakura tree seen the rise and fall of japan, stood there since samurai period, awesome being this tree....

I loved it how you asked the local couple about the tree and they offered you some snacks! It's these small things that makes me want to go to Japan even more!

I gasped when I saw the tree, and almost cried. It is lived so many years, has seen so much, and is so unbelievably beautiful. So majestic. Beyond words gorgeous.

wow.... so beautiful....

I really love the channel, I especially like when you talk to the locals it gives us so much more information about the area etc. Great video and please keep them coming.

interaction with locals is great!

looks like a fairy tale come to life at night. thanks.

Even trees need support when it has grown too awesome :-)

The most common & popular Sakura variety in Japan, also the one in D.C., is Somei-Yoshino, which is hybrid and have a short lifespan of 6--70 years. However, some native spices can live for a quite long time. The oldest one known in Japan is near 2000 years old. The tree in this video is the Shidare (weeping) version of Higan-zakura, one of the native spices.

Wow, that tree took my breath away. So beautiful thank you so much for sharing.

When the tree came onto the screen i got goosebumps. It's so beautiful!!!

The sign also notes, the tree experienced a big fire during Meiji 33 (1900) but it managed to recover and bloom annually.

Amazing! This trees beauty brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for sharing your adventure with all of us. Sleep tight and have a safe journey in the morning 😊

Thanks for sharing such an amazingly beautiful sight!

Amazing looking tree, thank you for sharing this!

Thank you for such beautiful video...i never see such Beautiful sakura bloom ....

Beautiful tree...:-)))

Amazing Tree...my interest in Fukui has blossomed

that tree really was something much respect for showing your respect to the tree im so very proud just to get to see it thank you for takeing the high road

I always love japan and it's culture from it being modern and rural it's always so balance and this channel always confirms my love for japan and I hope someday to see it for myself and experience it also I plan to live there in the future after college ❤️❤️❤️

wow, only in Japan would a tree so old be vandalism free , this is amazing !

because of your lovely videos....im going to make a trip to japan....beautiful japan

Amazing Sakura Tree...

Absolutely amazing trree.

Amazing! thank you for sharing.

Fate is clearly on your side. To be there while your on the road and you get there to see the tree in full bloom. Thank you for sharing this with all of us. it looks amazing. Safe Travels

I felt all warm and happy when they shared their ningyoyaki with you. :3 Japanese people are so sweet. Such a lovely place.

Amazing, that couple was very nice

Gorgeous sakura tree.

It touched my heart.

I hope you come back to this tree with a not just a livestream because I love your highquality camera quality and the livestream makes it so , so less quality.......KEEP MAKING VIDEOS AND NEVER STOP YOU ARE COOL AND AWESOME

Wow, that's wonderful!

Imagine the tree leaving a youtube comment: "last time I was this early I witnessed a samurai fight a giant black demon monster (Samurai Jack reference XD)

first I have to say thank you for showing us live feeds from japan !!! second, the feel of your videos are very personal and real. thanks! I really enjoyed it!!

Im watch this video after ended 15minutes ago and now at 20:10 GMT +7 in Surabaya Indonesia. thats so awesome sakura!!!! make more amazing video john. your fans from Indonesia

What an amazing and special Sakura tree John. Timing is everything with the Sakura season. I appreciated how you removed you hat as a sign of respect for the old stately tree. You're a fantastic ambassador of America to Japan! Nicely done.

Reminds me of a cathedral.

she's GORGEOUS!!!

Thankyou for posting!

Oh man.. it's so beautiful

Absolutely stunning!

Just beautiful.

Aww, this tree is awesome!!!! I went to Nagoya for the cherry blossom and it was great, but not as great as this. I loved your japanese conversation with the couple. I'm learning Japanese and already could understand parts of the conversation. :)

Veeeery good content, so quiet and respectful, so slowpaced with the long panning it honestly is THE way to show this off, very good job man!

Looks magical

Omg 😲 I would have loved to see that tree.

You make me want to live in Japan

"If trees could talk". This tree would have a hell of secrets to say lmao. This makes me want to reincarnate into a tree, only to listen to shit people have to say hahah

Once a year I am sure u said once a week!!!! yes that's amazing John!!!!

that is insanely beautiful! There are too many places to see cherry blossoms in Japan!

Amazing!

This tree just brought to me such a profound sense of bliss, of serenity and wonder, tinged with a little sadness. I live across the Pacific, in Vancouver BC. We have cherry trees, but I don't think ANY of them have seen even a tenth of the life of this. But it is the bitter notes of sadness that enhance the sweetness of all else. What do you think?

They still have Sakura blooming everywhere in Tokyo. I heard from my Tokyo friend yesterday! It depends where you are, John. Some areas bloomed later this year in Tokyo. They are still enjoying Sakura.

Beautiful tree, and I love listening to you speak japanese ^_^

im currently residing at osaka and someday im planning to travel and explore the whole japan. Listing this on my bucket list :)

absolutely amazing ^.^

welcome to Fukui ! good trip :D

I wish we had trees like that in my town

i need to go visit this tree when i go to japan :)

this tree reminds me of a weeping willow I see by my old home

think you so very much for showing me that tree it was so beautafil to see : } i love your channel and i try and watch all your content love ya bro and thx again

Oh shoot I missed this llive! :( Owell at least it is being archived! :) So I could watch it now.

370 years how cute. I ve seen the Bristlecone Pines in California. Which are about 5000 years old. These Sakura trees are pretty cool looking though.

Amazing tree, we have a similarly old banyan tree over here in South Florida.

All those poles supporting the branches reminds me of the ancient oak tree "Major Oak" that Robin Hood and his men supposedly met under in Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, that I visited in about 1978.

awesome

i dont lnow why i love this vid so much...wow

Love this video! eventhought it is "just" a tree thats being filmed... John sir, you are such a lucky man to be there right now! PS: would anyone be kind enough to make subs for the Japanese spoken in the video ?

Wouldn't "willow" be "yanagi"? Looks like a marvelous tree - I wonder if all the big sakura have their branches supported like that. The elevated view up among the branches was my favorite.

Hey you taught me alot about the japanase culutre, i only knew what my teachers and japanase friend told me :) Your videos are great quality and i hope you will reach 500,000 subscribers!

Looks like some magical tree u see in video games

Oh, and how I envy your casual, conversational Japanese speaking! :)

John, the content you produce is really amazing and I would love to know how you live in Japan? Can't you only have a visa for 4 months?

It's not like I don't like these videos, but I prefer your top quality ones, truly I hope you don't make this the usual format Keep making videos for everyone of us ありがとうございました！

I just want to take a nap leaned up against the trunk.

If you want to see a Forest of Old Trees go to the "Redwood Forest" in Northern California.

SAKURA SEASON!

Hey John, when you first moved to Japan in 1998 did you make it in time to see the 1998 winter olympics in Sapporo? I plan on moving to Japan by 2020 and hoping to make it for the summer olympics!

the part where he's talking about how old trees get and how much they've seen... there are trees that lives to be over a 1,000 years old, in fact there are fir trees in California that are over 2,000 years old

if the tree can talk. it say thank you for your respect and appreciation.

こういう桜の古木って、地元の武将の名前が付いてたりしますよね。 「名前」って「枝垂れ桜」といった種類じゃなくて、そういうのが聞きたかったんじゃないですか？

in my country we have a tree aging 1000 years old

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shenmue!! where is ryo hazuki?🙌

I subbed to this channel over a year ago as it was mind blowingly great but recently it has gone really bad and stagnant and feels like lacking in what made this channel the one I loved so much to one im about to leave. This channel always had me waiting with great anticipation for you'r next video which always showed wonderful places and things as well as the local lore and the people and the history and what made it special for me was you made it stand OUT above all else in RU-vid and now you'r sinking into the repetitive cycle of all other channels while some manage to keep what made them stand out and not fade away. I know there will be trolls here and I also know some of you will just be plain nasty and hate on what im saying but im saying what im thinking and how im feeling as I feel that if I dont then the one channel I love so much is going to die to me and be lost. Sure everything and everyone changes but they also have to find a way to keep that spark that made them stand out and be noticed in this world as there are so many trying to all do the same and I get that you need to try new things and for a while I stayed here and stayed silent for far too long as I feel like this part of Heaven is slowly fading out like that of a candle burning low the light is bright but soon to fade and whats going to be left when the light is gone.........darkness to which is the same thing all around and the spark of what made it stand out is now gone and unable to be seen to stand out. please Only in Japan go back to what made you YOU.

What if the the annual rings could be played just like a LP :).

世界まる見え出たの！？

Great video. Could you add closed-captioning to your videos, please? It'd be absolutely helpful to second-language speakers.

is there any chance you would revisit this tree with the 360 camera?

This would make a great furniture!

are they airal roots of that tree or is it bamboo

The things you see when you don't have chainsaw😁

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2:20　まぁ苗木の時から咲くわけじゃ無いからなぁ。370回咲いたとは言えないねぇ。

is the mother of all trees

I bet the video doesn't do it justice

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You should do a house/apartment tour!

All that light can't be good for the tree. No doubt, it is gorgeous, however, plants need so much light and darkness for proper growth. They might even get confused for all I know. Maybe that's why it needs to be supported. Still, love Japan.