How The Japanese Make Wood WITHOUT Cutting Down Trees!

Almost every culture around the world has used wood as a building material at some point, you just chop down a tree and voila! But the Japanese culture has its roots in harmony and balance, so rather than just kill a tree, they farm it and harvest it! This technique is called Daisugi. The technique was developed back in the 14th century in the region of Kitayama. Wood was in high demand but there wasn't enough flat land to grow it on so tree farmers or Niwashi came up with a technique similar to the bonsa