Japan sent this Sakura Tree to Space... and then Weird things started happening
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In 2008, a Japanese astronaut took some Cherry Blossom seeds with them to the international space station for 8 months. When they planted them again in Japan, weird things started happening...
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Are there any scientific articles about these trees?
@@hakobpoghosyan9258 I wonder if we could send every seed that we grow and see if this could help with agriculture, space fruits and vegetables would be interessting
@@Tamara-9quti Do you have an opportunity to do so?)
@@hakobpoghosyan9258 well, no
Me too I like the space sakura theory XD
There's a beach in Toyama where Jade washes up on the beach after earthquakes. I'd love to see a video about that.
Omg that sounds so strange and interesting! Definitely gonna do some investigating!
This would be awesome!
I would definitely watch that. Living vicariously through content creators on TH-cam is one of my favorite things to do lol
Sounds like a treasure hunt
Are you Serious..?
DLR, the German space travel agency , just did a science project for primary school kids called Space Seeds. They sent wild flower seeds to space for 6 months and in a blind study you got 2 color coded packages to plant and observe the growth of the plants. They also came to the conclusion that the seeds that were in space showed faster and stronger growth than the earth seeds. It was a great project! My students enjoyed participating
See when Mount Fuji is visible, it completely transforms the scenery. 08.16, that drive in the night with Fuji, looks awesome!
Beautiful place
I want to spend my life in peace and quiet in a house in the middle of the field full of cherry blossoms they're so gorgeous I want to see one in person 😭😭
I think you’d have to plant them yourself though… and they stay in full bloom for a short amount of time. That’s why they represent life, beautiful yet delicate.
There’s a cherry blossom season in Washington, DC. They do only bloom for a couple weeks
In reverse: there have been seeds found in archaeological sites in Japan that differ from known living cousins by its petals, leaves, etc.
That sounds pretty normal/expected
@@Good_Hot_Chocolate ummm, how so?
@@chrissonnenschein6634 evolution.
@@Good_Hot_Chocolate I did not word it write. not evolution. completely unrelated to known forms.
@@chrissonnenschein6634 Then that is indeed interesting. Especially if it is indicative of a missing link or even just if it's a mutation.
Ive barely been out of my state, but visiting Japan has been my dream since i was 11! Beautiful architecture, history, & cat loving culture!!! I hope to go one day!
The most common Sakura, the shimeiyoshino I think, were all cloned from from cuttings from a single tree. Interesting that a tree that was grown from a seed would mutate, though it does make sense that it might mutate.
Wha- wow
I think being in space means nothing probably they where dying there. they were probably genetically modified to make news bigger
Offspring usually are mutations of their parents...
That's part of how evolution works.
@@Robin93kbut this is clones we're talking about. Not a normal interaction between two genetically different organisms
@@lolcerditorock Mutations can happen in the DNA, whether or not cloning is involved.
Back when I was a kid, a local community college (I believe) got a hold of some tomato seeds that were sent to space much like these trees. When they came back and were grown, the tomatoes had gold spots all over them which was so weird looking. Now I hate raw tomatoes but when someone offers you a piece of space tomato to eat you obviously eat it! LOL
Glad to see you back in Japan & thriving, Hannah!
I came to this video tryna figure out more about sakura seeds that traveled to space, but ended up staying for the beautiful & oddly calming shots of a part of Japan, and the fact that Sakuraco and Tokyo Treat sponsored this video made me watch the whole thing (since I like looking at the snacks)
10/10 like this content
Thank you for the story that even I, a Japanese, did not know!
The hospice my grandma died in was named Sakura, such a beautiful name and tree
Also… maybe I’m just used to cherry trees that have to deal with Canadian winters but does that not look a LOT older than a 15 year old tree?
In warm climates, trees grow MUCH faster. It also depends on the type of tree.
Hannah and mochi, name a more iconic duo haha. This was a fantastic video! Love a deep dive, this was just an especially beautiful one
I bet this tree got a lot of attention when growing, ensuring nutrients were optimal and plenty of water so would grow quicker than another cherry blossom without the same attention. The cross pollination explains the petals unless it’s only a few of the petals and not every single flower when the attention paid to the tree would highlight this more than other cherry blossoms.
How does pollination affect blossoms? They exist to produce fruit and express the genetics from the seed, no? The cross pollination would affect the fruit.
I live in a city in Kenya and we had a tree that was sent to space. It is guarded in a central park. It is so tall. Its flowers are 7 but normal ones have 6!
Instead of growing toward the sun the space trees flowers grow toward the earth, that’s beautiful.
Your short is what got me to this video and felt almost instantly that I needed to subscribe haha. Can already tell I'm going to like the content. :)
Fantastic video. I have always loved the idea of seeing the cherry blossoms in Japan. Now I want to go more than ever. 😀
When I saw this my first thought was that the parent tree's flower was probably pollinated by a different variety of cherry resulting in a seed that would not look like it's parent. This is extremely common, that's why nurseries more often propagate perennials by cutting instead of seed when they want to produce the same variety.
Just found your channel through the Instagram post for this video. Your videos are all so wonderful, I’m so happy I found you ❤
It would be awesome to see how the seeds would sprout in space 🌱
I love Sakura! This is your first video I've seen and it was very interesting and pretty!!
I'll subscribe as these are really easy to watch when I just want to wind down
Great vlog wonderful Hannah!!! The cherry blossoms are beautiful!!! 🌸
The media don't want to talk about this much, but the offsprings of astronauts after coming back from space all have 6 fingers.
Kinda wholesome for me
It's like bringing a young kid to space when they were just a baby..
Could the lack of gravity, amongst different air pressure in the spacestation over a period of time slightly alter how the seeds developed on a microscopic scale?
I watched the all video and am overwhelmed by your vlog going experience ❤👍thank you for sharing Hannah.
This is beautiful. I’m starting to dream again 😊❤
Hi Hannah, just wanted to say Japan is damn lucky to have you! Best jvlogger by far. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Everyone seeing the blossom tree....me watching her the whole video 😍🌸
Oh wow I just clicked this because it showed up on my list. Didn’t realize video was 5 minutes ago. Also congrats on going back to Japan haven’t really say anything abt that. Wasnt new here just lurking. Great video, keep it up!!
Thank you for the interesting store, and it's so nice to see you back in Japan.
Saw the short. Had to know more!
Quite Significant and Fascinating 🌸🌸❤🌸🌸💖
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The oldest human planted tree is located in Sri Lanka. "Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi" is 2300 years old.
Throw some seeds in moon a d mars also.. with rover or orbiter it can be done.
A video on train fans would be amazing! Especially if it has Doctor Yellow
Oh it will most definitely have Doctor Yellow in it 🥰
Thank you I didn’t know about space Sakura! Beautiful video too. ありがとうございました！
Thank you for making this video 📷.
i am planning to come back later this year for the fall foilage, will be great to hear about your reco on any hidden tracks we should check out around that time? (thinking of toyama or aomori but open to hear a few more spots)
So I'm by no means an expert on this, but at 4:09 you say that Jindai sakura translates to "giant sakura", which is indeed the translation of the characters you displayed at 1:04 (甚大). However, all of the signs that were seen in the video, including the ones by the space tree and the one displayed right after at 4:11, actually say 神代, which is also read as Jindai but actually translates to something like "as old as the gods". This seems like a fitting name for the oldest sakura tree around :)
I'd like a better idea of the homeless problem in Japan. I saw a video om how Japan tries to help get people back on their feet with a multi-stage program, but talking to people on Twitter, they felt left behind. It also got addressed in Aggretsuko, so it's a big enough difficulty that it's getting commented on. Please consider asking questions and seeing what the reality is for Japan currently. Thank you.
Most anticipated future topic, the drifting scene! 🙏
This tree moonlights as a superhero named Sakuraman.
In sakuraman we trust 🙋🏼♀️
The seeds time traveled
桜とても綺麗😀
4:00 i love how she says thick 🤣
4:01 * *in Michaels' voice from The Office* * "That's what she said"
I think the effects of lesser/zero gravity has a dramatic impact on the capillary systems that the trees use to direct nutrients and water to its limbs.
Water can only be sucked up a straw so far before the pressure of the water beneath it and the suction above causes the water to boil at room temperature. This distance is roughly 30M (I could be wrong as I’m going off memory). Point is, suction has limits that are bound by physics.
But trees can reach 300-500m tall! This is because they aren’t using suction, they use capillary action to draw nutrients and water through their biomass. They don’t need a heart to pump the fluid, they have minuscule capillaries through the wood and brings it to the leaves which expels water vapor. This creates basically a biological “faucet” where the tree absorbs water and nutrients via roots and the leaves are releasing water vapor as they photosynthesize, so the capillaries in the wood and branches act as tree blood vessels via capillary action.
I suspect that under these low gravity circumstances, the capillary action and physics within the plant are more efficient. There is no gravity to compress the material or drive the nutrients and water within the capillaries downwards, so it allows the tree to pump water and nutrients through its circulatory system uninhibited.
It’s not inconceivable to imagine that raising a tree with a surplus of nutrients and water and metabolism could potentially allow for the development of more petals (to absorb more energy maybe?) and would definitely explain why it bloomed earlier! It had a boost in metabolism early in life!!
We acknowledge that exposing children to positive or negative concepts or environments can benefit or harm them right? It’s the same with all life.
Perhaps, with this specific tree, a space station is the perfect balance of positive and negative stressors and promotes biological changes that are “new” to us, but just logical for the plants biology to “them”.
Humans lose muscle and bone density in lesser gravity, it’s only logical to assume some species will benefit in lesser gravity.
Love to hear anybodies thoughts
this man is the example of the dunning-kruger effect
Pickled sakura flowers are a nice snack, i don't blame that old man.
We will wait the next story....😊 Thanks!
I think thats the fastest 10 minutes in my life. video ended so fast, new sub by the way!
Here from TH-cam shorts I'm not totally finished this video but I love it 💕
There is place in india in Agra. A dmsll temple. Where you put whole coconut on a cement plateform . Which cracks itself,without any touch. Need to kniw reason .
I do environmental sciences at uni, will deffo be telling my professor about this!
Love it! And love the look of the topics you want to cover 😍 yay!
Yay! More Hannah! The space cherry tree story is so awesome! I have never heard that before! Mysterious! And I loved that photo of you and Chris! Stellar photography! You both look so happy and beautiful!
That was gorgeous Hannah 🙏🌸❤️❤️
OMG I really appreciate your content! thanks for this cool beginning of the week
loooooved every second of this video... as always thx for the great content!!!!
Genetic testing could tell the space trees lineage
Is it harder to test cherry blossoms?
I think a better explanation might be that the Japanese Astraunaut mixed up the seeds by mistake or just gave random seeds back to random gardens. 😂
That is like the story of the Fantastic Four but for plants... LOL Amazing!
I watch right away when I saw the upload 😂
Wow, that is such a beautiful tree! I wish I could squeeze this into my travel plan. I going to be in Tokyo for cherry season this year, but I am not sure I picked the right dates. How much time do sakura last usually after reaching full bloom?
Him just eating the flowers 😅
The Space Sakura broke Fibonacci
Sakura flower, wood and leaves are edible.
For anyone wanna have a quick answer the Sakura tree sprouted 6 years faster and it has 6 petals commonly Sakura petals only has 5
If time really does move differently in space, I wonder if that’s the reason the tree grew faster.
Im in yamanashi as well, in kofu. I want to check that out!
If we grow one of the seeds from said space Sakura, would it be the same as the original, or be more like the description of what it’s supposed to be?
I just saw the short for this video.
Apparently it's not all that uncommon for people to eat cherry blossoms for their rich antioxidant properties. Who knew?
so amazing, just hundreds of samples, cosmic ray has made so significant gene mutation on plant seeds
This is definitely the Aussie in me talking, but I so badly want that to be melted Vegemite drizzles over that mocha for the ultimate umami flavour bomb! And those cheery blossoms- pffft, ditch the car and walk endlessly through them. It's like heaven!
Beautiful scenes and views!
Well if the film Interstellar taught me anything space distorts time.
Good point 🤔
*Old man eating flower*
he's Flowertarian Duh 🤣
Stunning scenery!
ahh love love love Fujiyoshida
If this is true then every country should send seeds like rice, wheat, barley, etc. ........if the seeds can mutate & grow in less time. Also might there be increase in amount of grains from these seeds from space.
Wonder what would happen if they took deeds for tomatoes, strawberries, oranges, etc to space… would it change too?
Embewed with cosmic radiation, this ordinary sakura tree became a super hero! Captain Sakura!
Rose petals and Sakura blossoms are edible 🥰🥰
What whuild happens if we took vegetables seed to space well it make them grow faster and better
I think Mochi taste good because of they have put lot's of effort into them.
What is thet bring rice seeds or corn sèeds. See the bionic corn annd super rice grow in japaan
I love cherry trees😊
What about the methuzala? Isnt that the oldest tree in the world?Even tho I think they accidentally chopped it down
So cool
Yeah super cool
This can be a really good way to mutate plants and get new kinds of better quality fruits.
I thought I'd seen this sakura at Matsumoto Castle in Nagano in the mid aughties, but I went back and looked at my pictures from back then, and it turns out what I'd seen was a space _azalea_ brought onto the space shuttle by Chiaki Mukai, the first Japanese woman in space, so my mistake. Is it like some Japanese pastime to bring seeds into space and see what happens?
Always loved your work Hannah, God Bless ❤🙏
I saw that one tree grew like that but did the plant a few more? Did they do the same!!
I think this is a new way to change the DNA of earth plant.