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144-Year-Old Wisteria In Japan

Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/largest-wisteria-bloom-japan/

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Image credits: y-fu

info-pictogram1 This plant, located in Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan, is certainly not the largest in the world, but it still comes in at an impressive 1,990 square meters (or half an acre) and dates back to around 1870 (the largest, at about 4,000 square meters, is the wisteria vine in Sierra Madre, California). Although wisterias can look like trees, they’re actually vines. Because its vines have the potential to get very heavy, this plant’s entire structure is held up on steel supports, allowing visitors to walk below its canopy and bask in the pink and purple light cast by its beautiful hanging blossoms.

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Image credits: Takao Tsushima

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Image credits: Taka Ochiai

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Image credits: takeoh

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Image credits: y-fu

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Image credits: P-Zilla

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Image credits: P-Zilla

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Image credits: Makoto Yoneda

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Image credits: Mamiko Irie

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Image credits: tungnam.com.hk

LIBYA

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The lack of tourists is explained by the unrest that dominates in the country. The 34,000 visitors who come here every year are attracted by Libyan coffee, sand, and the friendly atmosphere: you can even be invited to homes of the locals for dinner and conversation.

CHAD

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Political instability and unrest in this landlocked and dry country doesn’t make Chad a welcoming country for tourists. Only around 70,000 visitors visit this country each year. You can find the biggest rocks in the world here, you can even hire armed guards to go there, but you will never find a place where your Mastercard is accepted. So be ready to take some cash with you.