An Amazing Story About an Amazing Tree

So I went to the incredible and ancient city of Nara. While I plan on putting up some of the great and in many cases funny images of my hyjinks there this was a story I wanted to share with all you folks on the internet.

This tree is known as Garyu no Ichiigashi, which is a a collossal tree which collapsed during an enormous windstorm some time around 500 years ago. This massive 5.3 meter in diameter tree appeared to have died but miraculously managed to retake root and sprout branches from the exposed roots. Through it's incredible spirit and will to live this mighty tree still lives today, 500 years after its collapse and has flourished into an incredible landmark set into the botanical garden at Nara.