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Kigen Sugi

Kagoshima · · Nature & Scenery

Japanese name: 紀元杉

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Kigen Sugi
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WHAT TO DOKigen Sugi

On the Anbo forest road at about 1,200 metres — the only yakusugi on the island visible from a car.

WHEREKagoshima

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On the Anbo forest road at about 1,200 metres — the only yakusugi on the island visible from a car.

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A Yakusugi cedar along the Anbo Forest Road in Yakushima. About 1,200 m above sea level, 15 minutes by car from Yakusugi Land, it is the only one on Yakushima that can be seen from a car window. Its age is estimated at 3,000 years, and about 12 kinds of epiphytic plants, such as hinoki cypress and Yakushima rhododendron, grow on it.

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