tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post719213025487874006..comments2024-03-29T14:03:51.436+01:00Comments on One Hundred Mountains: Sakura diary (3)Project Hyakumeizanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-31110478538343864242017-05-01T09:26:13.469+02:002017-05-01T09:26:13.469+02:00As you can see in this file (http://www.rinya.maff...As you can see in this file (http://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/hogo/higai/pdf/boujyosyuhou.pdf ) issued by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,the blue tapes are to protect the trees against deer tearing off the bark and sucking the sap underneath. sunnybeautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674968432555807898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-32022327394407842692017-04-30T21:08:40.002+02:002017-04-30T21:08:40.002+02:00Wes and Ted - thanks for reading: I'm sorry th...Wes and Ted - thanks for reading: I'm sorry that there was no chance to meet up this time. I was six days in Japan, with no time for a trip to Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto. Sadly mismanaged on my part, but there it is.... Next time, I hope.<br /><br />Ted: you raise an interesting point about the blue twine; that is certainly an alternative interpretation. I shall refer the matter to the Sensei, who might be able to find out from silviculturally dialled-in friends....Project Hyakumeizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-7787000465787441392017-04-30T01:38:58.608+02:002017-04-30T01:38:58.608+02:00Actually I don't think that that is the case. ...Actually I don't think that that is the case. I've been told that the trees are wrapped to mark those not to be cut. They are usually surrounded by evidence of recent cutting, in the form of stumps or their fallen brethren. Edward J. Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04315009873411729483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618037172759094056.post-63273591424856600732017-04-28T14:17:58.909+02:002017-04-28T14:17:58.909+02:00Ah, I had always wondered why so many of the cedar...Ah, I had always wondered why so many of the cedar trees are wrapped.<br /><br />Surely the cedar bark would provide a nice diet for the foraging creatures and would hopefully have the added benefit of killing those woeful pollen factories. weshttps://tozantales.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com