The fossil tree on the Museum's east lawn is thought to have been in its current position since the 1970s, but it's been part of the collection since 1873. A large petrified tree that lived around 330 ...

During Typhoon No. 10's sluggish path of destruction, it snapped the trunk of a massive tree estimated to be around 3,000 years old. This dates the "Yayoi sugi" cedar back to the Yayoi Pottery ...