Show 1 Tokyo Is Converted Into Green Forest Six Days Every Year I For the first six days of every I year it has been the custom of the f Japanese to convert Tokyo into agreen a agreen at t green forest And although events i. i have pave changed in Japan in the last few years much of the city will be decorated On each side of the gate of every household that can afford it will be pine trees and bamboo while ropes of rice straw and other decorations will win grace the lintel It is a custom that goes back years or so this planting of a forest in a city for the space of oft t six days The pine with its every ever ever- evergreen evergreen green branches is emblematic of off y r f eternity and the straight trunk of the bamboo symbolizes truth and manly courage The third of this trio the plum pl um blossom signifying womanly vir vir- virtue virtue tue sue is not used in the out of s decorations but is within the house houseA A pine tree stands on either side of the door and with it are three five or seven bamboos There are are ar arother e I other decorations peculiar to the th e New Year tide which are to bo be b e I seen on every hand |