KONARA OAK こなら Quercus serrata CLASSIFICATION: Oak Family Genus Quercus GENERAL： Most common deciduous oak in forests and countryside woodlands from sea level up into hills and lower mountainsides. Replaced by the more wind and cold-tolerant mizu-nara (Q. crispula) in higher altitude …
GENERAL: Momi (Abies firma), an endemic Japanese species and the most familiar of five native fir trees, is distributed on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, and thrives from sea level up into the hills and lower mountainsides. At higher altitudes it is replaced by more cold-tolerant species such as A. mariesii (oo-shirapiso) and …
GENERAL: Hinoki cypress （Chamaecyparis obtusa）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 ordered, should be used for building …