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Japan's largest treehouse is also a high-tech engineering feat

Built around a 300-year old camphor tree, the 3D-designed steel trellis structure supporting the treehouse doesn't even touch the tree. (Photo: Koji Fujii / Nacasa and Partners Inc.; Image via spoon-tamago.com) Built around a 300-year old camphor tree, the 3D-designed steel trellis structure supporting the treehouse doesn't even touch the tree. (Photo: Koji Fujii / Nacasa and Partners Inc.; Image via spoon-tamago.com) Built around a 300-year old camphor tree, the 3D-designed steel trellis structure supporting the treehouse doesn't even touch the tree. (Photo: Koji Fujii / Nacasa and Partners Inc.; Image via spoon-tamago.com) Built around a 300-year old camphor tree, the 3D-designed steel trellis structure supporting the treehouse doesn't even touch the tree. (Photo: Koji Fujii / Nacasa and Partners Inc.; Image via spoon-tamago.com)

Built around a 300-year old camphor tree, the 3D-designed steel trellis structure supporting the treehouse doesn't even touch the tree. (Photo: Koji Fujii / Nacasa and Partners Inc.; Image via spoon-tamago.com)

Built around a 300-year old camphor tree, the 3D-designed steel trellis structure supporting the treehouse doesn't even touch the tree. (Photo: Koji Fujii / Nacasa and Partners Inc.; Image via spoon-tamago.com)