1.   One tradition, kadomatsu, consists of a pine branch symbolizing longevity, a bamboo stalk symbolizing prosperity, and a plum blossom showing nobility.

2.   The fighting warriors scamper up bowing bamboo stalks, almost to the clouds, and spring tree to tree like bungee-mounted leprechauns.

3.   There were columns made from birch trunks, and pillars formed of hand-wrapped bamboo stalks.

4.   These grassy, herbal-smelling fronds from bamboo stalks are used mostly in Chinese cooking, especially for encasing sweet or savory sticky rice.

5.   The two severed hands were still clinging to the bamboo stalks when soldiers found them.

6.   They water their crops with pipes made from hollow bamboo stalks.