GINKGO substantive (Japanese name). Botany – genus of coniferous trees in the family Taxaceae⁽¹⁾, close to yews and including large trees with taproot, straight stem, covered with a grayish bark. Ginkgo biloba (salisburia adiantifolia), a large tree from China and Japan can reach enormous proportions; Bunge spoke of one of these trees …Read more »

HAKODATE, a city in Japan, in the province of Matsmai, near the southern tip of the Yezo⁽¹⁾ island, on the northern coast of the Strait of Sangar⁽²⁾; by 42° N. Population approximately 50 000. It stretches for nearly 4 km (2.48 miles) at the base of a promontory, whose summit rises above 400 metres (1312 ft) above sea level; it has one of the best harbours in the world. It consists of rows of wide streets, parallel to the …Read more »