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Ashikaga Flower Park: Home to the Most Beautiful Tree in the World (Ashikaga, Japan)

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Travel 50 Miles north of Tokyo and you will find the peaceful city of Ashikaga. Founded in 1921, it is home to Japan’s oldest and largest Wisteria tree found in Ashikaga Flower Park.

This tree is described as the most beautiful tree in the world.

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Relax With Ashikaga Flower Park Wisteria Tree

The tree is huge, an impressive nearly 2,000 square meters (half an acre). The tree’s life began in 1870, and is meticulously cared for. Due to the weight of its vines, they must be held up by steel supports.

This allows visitors of the park to walk beneath its amazing canopy and bathe in the pink and purple light reflected by the beautiful hanging blossoms.

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Ashikaga Flower Park

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Failure is a Gift – Amy Poehler, Zen Pencils (Comic Strip)

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Amy Poehler has been making people laugh since her days at SNL. Parks and Rec has been a huge success in large part to Amy’s fantastic attitude that helps bring the whole cast together as a cohesive unit.

Amy’s inspirational words have been given new life through the latest Zen Pencils installment.

Inspirational Words From Amy Poehler

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Amy Poehler is one of my favorite funny people, known for her portrayal as Pawnee’s Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation, which I’m a big fan of. She’s also a Saturday Night Live alum and co-founded the influential improv school, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Besides being an incredibly talented and hilarious performer, Poehler has started projects to promote women’s rights and empower young girls. Her website Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls is a hub for young women to learn and be part of a community, and in her YouTube series Ask Amy, Poehler gives advice and answers questions from fans.

– Gavin Aung Than, Zen Pencils

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Getting Doug with High, Doug Benson’s Stoner Podcast (Video)

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Doug Benson invites his stoner comedian friends on Getting Doug with High for a weekly smoke session. The podcast starts with a ceremonial toke circle with the guests getting to choose their favorite method of getting stoned from Doug’s wide selection of tools which includes a broken Volcano vaporizer.

Doug gets into the High History of each guest to reminisce about the first time they met Mary Jane. As eyes get heavier and smiles get wider, Doug unleashes random games and magic tricks to trip out his guests.

Joey Diaz

Joey Diaz brings his medical cannabis infused “goomy bears” and gets Doug stoned to the gills.

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Doug Benson smokes weed with Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) on another episode of Getting Doug with High.

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Doug Benson gets Doug with Eric André, the star of “The Eric André Show” on Adult Swim.

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Doug Benson smokes with his very first guest, Jenny Slate (Parks and Recreation).

Jeff Ross

Doug Benson welcomes the Roastmaster General Jeff Ross to the show for another episode of “Getting Doug with High”.

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Subscribe to Doug Benson’s Youtube channel for more Getting Doug with High episodes featuring comedians like Anthony Jeselnik and Sarah Silverman.