Moanalua Gardens
Supported by the Hitachi Group
Moanalua Gardens has been a place for the enjoyment of the people of Hawaii and its tourists.
The gardens are home to majestic trees over 100 years old and the summer cottage of King Kamehameha V, built during the 1850s. The relevance and culture of historic Moanalua continues in Moanalua Gardens today.
One of the huge Monkey Pod trees is often referred to as the "Hitachi Tree" and is a symbol of the Hitachi Group, which has been engaged in developing social infrastructure that provides the foundation for nearly every aspect of modern life throughout its 110-plus year history. The "Hitachi Tree" represents the Hitachi Group's unified stance to deliver innovations for a better future and to inspire the world. It has been featured in TV commercials for many years in Japan. Today, the "Hitachi Tree" is familiar to many Japanese, and plays a very important role in connecting the Hitachi Group with its customers.
The Hitachi Group hopes the "Hitachi Tree" will become a familiar tree worldwide.
The Hitachi group is committed to taking care of these beautiful, green gardens as a recreational venue and a place of relaxation for all people to enjoy.
The "Hitachi Tree" is a Monkey Pod tree.
The tree's height is about 25 meters and its width is about 40 meters.
The tree has a grand and imposing shape.
The Monkey Pod tree, originally from South and Central America, is a leguminous plant.
Generally, Monkey Pod trees grow in warm climates all over the world.
Their height reaches 20 to 25 meters and their width sometimes over 30 meters.
These trees were planted in many parks because of their wide shade. Its name in Japanese is 'America Nemu' (American silk tree). Its leaves, which look like a fern's, close in the afternoon and open at sunrise.
