Postcards From Nowhere with Utsav Mamoria
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
Sometime around early 1880, Edward Morse, an American zoologist and archaeologist, travelled through Japan. On a train ride between Yoko-hama and Tokyo, he noticed something odd - A shell mound. This discovery revolutionised the field of anthropology and archaeology in Japan. About 1500 kms away from Tokyo, lies the island of Yakushima, in the Kagoshima pre-fecture. In 1968, a Japanese cedar tree was discovered. 83 feet tall and 54 feet wide, its size was hardly its most amazing feature. What could connect a shell mound and a Japanese Cedar tree? This week, we travel from Yakushima island in Japan to the Waipoua (Why-poua) forests of New Zealand, explore a unique partnership, and uncover the story of the tree that built New Zealand. Tune in, and discover what lessons the creation of modern New Zealand hold for us.
Till then Check out the other episodes of "Ireland Untravelled"
Lost Treasures, Dynamite and the Irish Nation : https://ivm.today/3okwxm5
Gaelic and the stunning decline of the Irish Language : https://ivm.today/3zmhE9i
Trinity Long Room and the Soul of the Irish Nation : https://ivm.today/3PnZkSE
U2, Body Snatching and the Irish Way of Death : https://ivm.today/3IQ6fl3
Bombay, Paris and the improbable victory for LGBTQ+ rights in Ireland : https://ivm.today/3AJLa9B
Irish roads that go nowhere, Houses no one lives in : https://ivm.today/3PGG95X
Titanic, Mosul and the Global shame of Western Museums : https://ivm.today/3R9uBce
Three Irish Women, Emigration and India's National Anthem : https://ivm.today/3KfZdqz
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