Quite a lot if you're the Aoyama Tree:
Designating the Aoyama tree, named by Koyasan members last year in honor of the temple's founder, is one way the community is trying to maintain its cultural heritage even as Little Tokyo's people and buildings come and go.The City of Los Angeles recently designated the 100 year-old fig as downtown Los Angeles' first living Historic-Cultural Monument at a reception last Thursday (even Huell Howser came to check it out).
The tree is located adjacent to the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy building on the campus of the Japanese American National Museum.
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My grandma was a member of Koyasan. I remember a few years ago when a friend of mine told me that there was another tree that was cut down, that was next to it. glad this one is getting historical preservation.
Posted on July 21, 2008 at 9:04 PM
The Japanese American National Museum quietly cut down the other three some years ago because it didn't fit into their 'plans'. At least this time JANM is trying a little harder to care about the remaining tree.
Posted on July 22, 2008 at 4:42 PM
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