cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/395101
A few hundred people have turned out to protect historic century-old ginkgo trees that are likely to be chopped down under a controversial redevelopment for a beloved Tokyo park district.
Yes it is the females that produce those fruits. The article does not mention the sex of these trees. The males are quite nice. But I think the larger issue in this case is the privatization of public space, of which there is often very little left in Tokyo and other large cities.