Ginkgo trees on Midosuji that Gunze donated last year
They have grown and turned bright yellow this year
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Gunze Donates Ginkgo Trees to Osaka City to Preserve Healthy Rows of Ginkgo Trees on Midosuji Avenue
One of our efforts to protect biodiversity with Osaka City
Osaka-Gunze Limited (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President: Toshiyasu Saguchi) [TOKYO: 3002] is pleased to announce that it has donated nineteen ginkgo trees in response to Osaka City's request to preserve the healthy rows of ginkgo trees on Midosuji Avenue and pass them on to future generations.
In recent years, it has become difficult to secure ginkgo trees. The speed of tree production has not kept pace with the demand for greenery. The ginkgo trees we are delivering this time were shipped from contracted plots in Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures. The ginkgo trees to be delivered this time were procured from contract plots in Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures, utilizing the procurement capabilities of consolidated subsidiary Gunze Green. Gunze has also established a plot on the grounds of its Research Institute in Ayabe City, Kyoto, where the company was founded, to secure ginkgo trees for cultivation and to continue to provide stable support. Gunze will continue to make efforts to contribute to society through its business activities in a way that respects biodiversity.
Background of the donation
In December 2019, the City of Osaka and Gunze signed an "Agreement on the Supply of Ginkgo Trees on Midosuji Avenue" with the aim of preserving the ginkgo trees on Midosuji in good health and passing them on to future generations, in light of the extensive damage to the ginkgo trees on Midosuji caused by Typhoon No. 21 in September 2018. Since the signing of the agreement, 18 ginkgo trees have been donated. This support is in response to a request from the City of Osaka based on this agreement.
About the donation
(1) Number of donations: Donated nineteen ginkgo trees in need of replanting through our Green Business Department.
(2) Area: Midosuji Avenue, East side of Midosuji Shinbashi to Suomachi.
(3) Date of delivery: March 22, 2024
Incoming inspection of ginkgo delivered from contracted plots
About Midosuji Avenue
Midosuji is one of Osaka's most beautiful thoroughfares, and its rows of ginkgo trees were designated a cultural asset by Osaka City in 2000 as a historical landscape symbolizing modern Osaka. The ginkgo trees along Midosuji are a popular tourist attraction and are known for their beautiful golden leaves in the fall.
About Gunze and our green business
Founded in 1896 in Kyoto, Japan, Gunze is a leading designer and manufacturer of medical devices, plastic films, engineering plastics, electronic components, apparel and other products. Gunze employs more than 5,600 people in 10 countries around the world.
Gunze has been engaged in green business since 1973, based on our experience and technology in mulberry cultivation for sericulture, fertilizer management and soil research, and has been developing green business related to plants and flowers for 51 years. At present, the green business department has 4 offices nationwide.