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　On April 14, the Tokyo Regional Meteorological Observatory reported one of the Japan Meteorological Agency's biological seasonal observation information, "Ginkgo germination." The "germination date" is the day when about 20% of the total number of buds of the target plant germinated, and this year is seven days later than normal and three days later than last year. By the way, the standard ginkgo tree in Tokyo used to be the so-called "earthquake ginkgo" in the Otebori Ryokuchi (1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku) that survived the fire caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake, but since 2019, the observation point has been changed to Kitanomaru-koen Park.

Ginkgo plants breed worldwide from the Mesozoic to the Cenozoic era, and it is said that there were many species, but ginkgo is the only surviving species native to China and has a unique characteristic, It forms a ginkgo family. Even when yellow leaves are even more beautiful, resistant to pests and pruning, can withstand fire heat, is long-lived, and is heavily used as a street tree.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ginkgo on the green road at Hamacho Park entrance has also sprouted and the season has reached. The freshness of the newly sprouted leaves, small but fan-shaped young green color, reminds us of the breath of natural life.