HINOKI CYPRESS ヒノキ
HINOKI CYPRESS ひのき Chamaecyparis obtusa CLASSIFICATION: Cypress Family GENERAL: Hinoki cypress is Japan’s most highly prized timber tree. According to Japanese classic mythology, the first hinoki were created at Izumo, when the kami Susanoo, the younger brother of Amaterasu the Sun Goddess, plucked out his chest hairs and scattered them across the mountainside. The trees, Susanoo …