Japan's Forests & Sacred Groves
The Complete Guide to 200 Forests, Forestry Towns & Tree Traditions
- AuthorAki Wakamatsu
- PublisherTakikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC
- CategoryJapan Guides & Culture
- ISBN1990000146589
- FormatEPUB ebook
About this book
Two-thirds of Japan is forest — and until now, almost no English book has mapped it.
Japan's Forests & Sacred Groves is the complete guide to 200 forests, forestry towns and tree traditions: the primeval shrine groves of Kasuga and Ise, kept uncut by faith for a thousand years; the ancient cedar wilderness of Yakushima and the beech seas of Shirakami; the groomed cedar valleys of Yoshino and the timber towns that built Japan in wood; the great cherries, camphors and pine coasts the nation treats as living monuments; and the forests of today — satoyama revival, forest bathing, tree burials, carbon forests and the hundred-year plans of mountain villages.
Every entry gives the forest, its story, the forest as it is today, and a Visiting & Checking note directing you to the official local source for current access and rules — because this book describes character, not this month's calendar. Written and produced in Japan by Aki Wakamatsu.
Written and created in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu. Published by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, a Japanese publisher in Hokkaido, Japan. Authentic Japanese content, carefully made in Japan — not mass-produced.
