Street trees in Yokohama

▲ Camphor tree of Basyamichi (Naka Ward)

▲ Ginkgo in Nihon Odori Avenue (Naka Ward)

There are many types of street trees in Yokohama. For more information, please refer to the following page.

Street trees have a variety of roles. It is mainly useful for the following things.

• It makes shades of trees to block the hot summer sunshine. The transpiration of the leaves makes the temperature cooler.
• It adds color to the cityscape and brings a sense of unity in the city.
• It gives people peace.
• It makes you feel the changing seasons.
• Reduces noise.
• It purifies the air by breathing plants and the adsorption of air pollutants on the leaves.
• It takes in carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce oxygen (02).
• It helps traffic safety, such as shading headlights and preventing pedestrians from crossing.
• It helps disaster prevention, such as preventing the spread of fire and the collapse of houses during an earthquake or disaster.

Maintenance of street trees, such as pruning and pruning of trees, is carried out in Public Works Office in each ward.

※In addition, please refer to each branch office (jurisdiction depends on place) of Yokohama National Highway Office (outside site) about street tree of national highway.

Maintenance work such as pruning and pruning of trees, weeding and mowing of tree-planting zones, which are performed on a daily basis, is carried out through the “Street Tree Management Project”. In addition, we are engaged in the following special projects and initiatives.

• Project to create and nurture a good landscape with street trees ・・・ We will create beautiful tree shapes and trees on the routes selected in each ward.
• Measures to raise the roots of street trees ・・・ The sidewalk is renovated in a manner that takes into account the roots of trees.

Please see the following page if you are a contractor performing street tree maintenance business consignment.

• Materials related to outsourcing of street tree maintenance

When we perform maintenance of street tree and self-financing construction, company, please see the following page.

• About maintenance of street trees and self-financing construction

Here are some of the representative street trees and their history.

• Basyamichi ・・・ It is the birthplace of modern street trees in Japan.
• Nihon Odori Avenue ・・・ This is the first Western street in Japan, and there is a large ginkgo tree.
• Yamashita-koen-mae ・・・ It is a tourist destination that represents Yokohama.

We have created a map of cherry trees in Kannai-District, as well as "Kannai Sakura Dori Avenue" in Naka Ward, where we have many inquiries.

If you look at the Q & A about street trees, you can summarize typical questions and their answers.