Street trees in Yokohama

▲ Cinnamomum camphora in Basyamichi (Naka Ward)

▲ Nihon Odori Avenue Ginkgo (Naka Ward)

There are many kinds of street trees in Yokohama city. For more information, please see the following page.

There are various roles in street trees. It's mainly useful for things like below.

• It creates shades of trees to block the hot summer sunshine. The temperature also cools down due to the transpiration of leaves.
• It adds color to the cityscape and brings a sense of unity in the city.
• It gives people peace of mind.
• It makes you feel the changing seasons.
• It reduces the noise.
• It purifies the air by breathing plants and adsorbing air pollutants into leaves.
• It takes in carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce oxygen (02).
• Helps traffic safety, such as blocking headlights and preventing pedestrian crossings.
• It helps disaster prevention, such as preventing the spread of fires and collapse of houses during an earthquake or disaster.

We maintain and manage street trees, such as pruning and cutting trees, in Public Works Office each district.

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

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

• Business to create a good landscape with street trees: We will create beautiful tree shapes and row trees on the route selected in each ward.
• Measures to raise the roots of street trees: We are renovating sidewalks in a way that takes into account the roots of trees.

Person who performs street tree maintenance business consignment, please see the following page.

• Materials related to street tree maintenance business consignment

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

Introducing the typical street trees of Yokohama City and its history.

• Basyamichi: The birthplace of modern street trees in Japan.
• Nihon Odori Avenue: The first Western street in Japan with a large row of ginkgo trees.
• Yamashita-koen-mae: Yokohama's representative tourist destination.

We have created a map of cherry blossom trees in Kannai-District, as well as Kannai Sakura Dori Avenue in Naka Ward.

If you look at the Q & A about street trees, you will find representative questions and answers.