I love this little part of Minami-Izu. This grove of Washingtonia and Date Palms sits on a spit of land off of Yumigahama beach. The benches allow people to sit among the trees and watch the sunset on the other side of the gracefully-curving beach.
Rhapis is considered one of the few “Japanese” palms, but it is actually a “naturalized” palm, with origins in China several centuries ago. However, it is believed that Japan originally introduced the rhapis palm to the west, as early as the Tokugawa era (1600s to mid-1800s).
ご存知の通り日本では年に数回台風に直面します。時には深刻な被害を引き起こすほど強力ですが、ただ大雨をもたらすだけの時もあります。台風の強弱にかかわらず、通過した後には何かしらの痕跡を残していきます。最近の小笠原諸島旅行の際には、台風の爪痕を間近に見ることになりました。 Here in Japan we face typhoons several times a year. Sometimes, they are strong enough to cause serious damage, and other times they just bring a lot of rain. However strong they are, they affect everything in their path in some way. On a recent trip to the Ogasawara Islands, I saw the results…
It’s not often you find Queen Palms in Tokyo. Generally, the temperatures are too low in the winter, and the humidity too high in the summer.
ベッカリオフェニックス・アルフレディは日本のヤシファミリーの素晴らしい新メンバーとなってくれることでしょう。涼しいマダガスカルの高地が原産で、耐寒性があり、風にも強く、成長が早いので、伊豆半島には最適のヤシです。
The Rhapis excelsa palm, known as Kannonchiku, in Japanese, is a naturally dwarf form of the Rhapis genus. There are many different plant species within this genus, many with unique leaf shape, colour, texture , and variegation of leaf.
This palm can reach 70m in height in its natural homeland of the Columbian Andes.