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The size of the Jomon Sugi

The size of the Jomon cedar continues to grow slowly in the unique ecosystem of Yakushima Island still has the scale and history of plants around the outside and Haketa

Dry Week: 16.1m
Height: 30m
Tree standing of: the presumption 3,000 years
経 degrees latitude: 30 ° 19'60 .00″N 130 ° 31'60 .00″It

2011The current survey recorded in December

Special national treasure in Yakusugi largest cedar grows naturally in the presence of representative of Yakushima and "Yaku cedar forest primeval" are protected.

Was found in one of the largest cedar on Yakushima Island in 1966, but bureaucratic officials of Yakushima.
"Jomon Sugi," came to be known as, which reveals that the estimated age of 4,000 years by the time the investigation began, its name from the fact that it continues to live far from the Jomon period

Currently around Jomon Sugi cedar for the protection of the general public about visitors can not enter.

Yakusugi Yakushima Island are referred to as representing the more than 1,000 years old only.
1,000The Japan cedar which called the thing or less in 1,000 Kosugi (too deep), and was afforested is called "ji-sugi."

It grows wild in an about [ 1300m ] place mostly from the altitude of 600m or more, and many huge Japan cedars are seen before and after 1200m.

Features of Yakusugi

Grain is choked up by the Yaku cedar tree, in order that this may serve as land of geology with very low nutritive value on the island of a granite as for Yaku Islands, therefore vegetable growth may progress over many hours slowly.
Material to grow slowly and contain plenty of external factors in a very hard resin (insect rot fungi) for protection from very high ability, such as about 500 years the life of another, such as cedar

Tour Yakusugi

Among those living in a very long Yakusugi There are many things that are named individually, what has become a tourist spot with many tours Yakushima.

Jomon Sugi
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