Has anyone noticed that something is stuck into the pine trees along the Ashiya River near Hanshin Ashiya Station?
↑ Hm? Something looks a little off… so I took a closer look.
↑ A brown bottle was stuck into the tree.
↑ There was one on the other side of the same tree too. It’s really stuck in there.
↑ Looking closely, this tree had two huge ones stuck in it! And they even seem to have silver covers on them.
↑ This one had a white bottle stuck in it too.
↑ This one has three white ones! When there are that many, you kind of feel sorry for the tree… because, well, it’s a tree…
↑ Actually, last March, similar bottles were stuck into the cherry trees along Chaya Sakura-dori too.
At that time, it was a chemical injection to control the red-necked longhorn beetle, so these pine trees are probably getting a similar chemical treatment to protect them from pests.
Just like the cherry tree-lined streets, the rows of pine trees are also part of Ashiya’s signature scenery! Let’s all do our part to protect Ashiya’s trees and nature.
The pine trees with the bottles stuck in them are around here on the map↓
The address is around 13 Kawanishicho, Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, on Ashiyagawa Matsukaze-dori.
