Kigensugi cedarPhoto: Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0
The forest council lists Kigensugi at 8.1 m round, 19.5 m tall and about 3,000 years old, beside the road some 5.7 km beyond Yakusugi Land.
- Getting there
- About 20 min by car beyond Yakusugi Land; taxi from the quay about ¥14,300 one way, our estimate
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
A cedar of about 3,000 years, 19.5 m tall and 8.1 m round, beside the forest road. It is the old tree a port day allows: Jomon Sugi is a ten-hour hike. Pair it with Yakusugi Land on the same drive.
- Number 3 of ten on our list for Yakushima.
- 5 hr door to door needs a 7-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Kigensugi cedar and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 5 hr goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 2 hr 20 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
Do · ~5hShiratani Unsuikyo moss forest
Cedar, moss-covered granite and clear streams at 600–1,050 m, 10 km above Miyanoura.
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See · ~5hYakusugi Land
The higher recreation forest, at 1,000–1,300 m above Anbo, with five boardwalk and trail courses among named cedars: Buddhasugi, about 1,800 years old, and Hahakosugi, about 2,600.
See the detail
See · ~5.5hOhko-no-taki waterfall
One of Japan’s 100 best waterfalls, on the south-west coast.
See the detail