New age tourist brochure for Japan thinly veiled in the garb of science. Epistemologically inconsistent, citing scientific studies one moment, then anecdotal evidence, folk wisdom, and aristocratic philosophy the next.

Either stick with science (and prove older ways of knowing were onto something), or suggest a rigorous alternative (such as pragmatism, phenomenology, or poststructuralism). Don't mix and match epistemologies to the point where anything can be said without the possibility of renunciation.

I'm all for mindfulness, forest bathing, and eco cities, but this is weak. Embodied cognition and affect theory valorises the knowledge of bodily sensations and affects without ridding themselves of the scientific method. Similarly, ecocriticism and animal studies explore alternative ways of understanding humanness and its boundaries while retaining complexity and ontological distinctions.

This isn't going to convince anyone of the benefits of trees who doesn't already believe in the benefit of trees. It's feel good self-proselytising.