Matsubara

Matsuo Sasaki, a local businessman, who also belongs to Preserve the Takata Matsubara, said he hopes the pine will survive.

Hope of the Lone Pine: As Tree Clings to Life, So Does Japanese City Gordon Fairclough 2011

"It's always been a big part of life in this city," said Mr. Matsuzaka, a member of Preserve the Takata Matsubara, a conservation group set up three years ago to help maintain the grove.

Hope of the Lone Pine: As Tree Clings to Life, So Does Japanese City Gordon Fairclough 2011

The stand of 70,000 pines, known as the Takata Matsubara, or pine forest, lined Rikuzentakata's long, white-sand beach.

Hope of the Lone Pine: As Tree Clings to Life, So Does Japanese City Gordon Fairclough 2011

When soldiers arriving in Rikuzentakata to help asked Mr. Toba, the mayor, to pick a name for their relief mission, his choice was "The Hope of the Takata Matsubara."

Hope of the Lone Pine: As Tree Clings to Life, So Does Japanese City Gordon Fairclough 2011

There is talk of building a memorial and, perhaps, finding a way to preserve the remains of the tree, as part of efforts to restore the pine grove, or Matsubara, a sort of sylvan commons once at the heart of life here.

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"Even if it takes 10 or 20 years, I want to recreate the Takata Matsubara and leave that for the generations to come," Mr. Matsuzaka said.

Hope of the Lone Pine: As Tree Clings to Life, So Does Japanese City Gordon Fairclough 2011

It has been both an honor and a tremendous learning experience to meet with Mike Shirota, one of the founders of Mushroom Wisdom, who introduced the finest-quality medicinal mushrooms to the U.S. market, and his team, including Shuji Matsubara and Donna Noonan, who have been so helpful in sharing scientific information included here.

Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

Japanese design firm Assistant is the brainchild of Hiroi Ariyama and Megumi Matsubara and together they have created some great fresh designs for a Stone Spa and a Dental Office.

Interior Inspiration from Assistant 2008

"Even though the other players will have a lot more glitter and luster, Carlos is going to be right there at the end, because he is going to do the things that help them win," said Darren Matsubara, who coached Boozer for four years when Boozer was a teenager on his traveling team based in Fresno.

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However, I had become increasingly interested in north-east Asia, and anxious to spend some time there before committing myself to the standard British academic career; and the Fellows of the college eventually consented, with considerable generosity, to allow me to spend a year of my fellowship in the group of Professor Takeo Matsubara at Kyoto University in Japan.

Anthony J. Leggett - Autobiography 2004