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Jōmon Sugi

Σ64 · CC BY 3.0

100% trees around it and 47 species recorded.

76Forestyas Score

Notable treeDense canopyWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km100%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded47
  • Altitude1,304 m

The forest around

100% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 100%Trees 100%Grassland 0%Trees 93%Grassland 0%Water 6%Built-up 1%100%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km100%
  • 3–6 km100%
  • 6–10 km93%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees100%
  • Grassland0%
  • Water0%
  • Built-up0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

47 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Rhododendron tashiroi
Rhododendron tashiroiRhododendron tashiroi6 recordsΣ64 · CC BY 3.0
Tara vine
Tara vineActinidia arguta5 recordsSten Porse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Elliottia paniculata
Elliottia paniculataElliottia paniculata5 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Satsuki azalea
Satsuki azaleaRhododendron indicum4 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Siebold's Maple
Siebold's MapleAcer sieboldianum4 recordspakku · CC BY 3.0
Neolitsea sericea
Neolitsea sericeaNeolitsea sericea4 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rhododendron keiskei
Rhododendron keiskeiRhododendron keiskei4 recordsAlpsdake · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rhododendron simsii
Rhododendron simsiiRhododendron simsii3 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Autumn olive
Autumn oliveElaeagnus umbellata2 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Piper kadsura
Piper kadsuraPiper kadsura2 recordsAlpsdake · CC BY-SA 4.0
Deparia petersenii
Deparia peterseniiDeparia petersenii2 recordsP. J. de Lange · CC BY 4.0
Sea bilberry
Sea bilberryVaccinium bracteatum2 recordsAlpsdake · CC0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

76out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 100%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 47Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 1,304 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from March to April and from November to December.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan15°13°137 mm
  2. Feb16°13°160 mm
  3. Mar18°15°196 mm
  4. Apr20°18°220 mm
  5. May23°21°277 mm
  6. Jun25°24°588 mm
  7. Jul28°27°352 mm
  8. Aug29°28°218 mm
  9. Sep28°26°310 mm
  10. Oct25°23°201 mm
  11. Nov21°19°170 mm
  12. Dec17°15°152 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Jōmon Sugi.

A large, exceptionally old Cryptomeria tree

Jōmon Sugi is a notable tree in Japan, 1,304 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 100% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

47 species have been recorded around it: 23 plants, 0 fungi, 24 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Rhododendron tashiroi, Tara vine and Elliottia paniculata.

The best time to walk is from March to April and from November to December.

Jomon Sugi 07
Σ64 · CC BY 3.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Jōmon Sugi seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 7named and notable trees within 6 km縄文杉, くぐり杉, 七本杉 and 4 more
  • 2picnic sites within 4 km
  • 7shelters and huts within 6 kmShintakatsu, 鹿之沢小屋, 高塚小屋 and 4 more
  • 3viewpoints within 5 km縄文杉
  • 3campsites within 10 kmOcean View, 永田いなか浜キャンプ場
  • 15places to stay within 10 kmYaedake Sanso Lodge, Tashiro Bekkan, 素泊民宿 ふれんど and 12 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Jōmon Sugi.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas15 mountains within 25 km
Mount Miyanoura1,936 m · 3.4 kmMount Nagata1,886 m · 3.8 kmMount Kurio1,867 m · 3.9 kmMount Kuromi1,831 m · 5.3 kmMount Tachū1,497 m · 5.5 kmMt. Koban1,711 m · 6.2 kmMount Aiko1,235 m · 6.6 kmMount Kuniwari1,323 m · 11 km
Islandyasthe island
Yakushima504 km²
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
YakushimaBortle 2 · 0.4 kmShiratani Unsui GorgeBortle 2 · 4.6 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Yakushima55 species · 0.4 kmNagata Beach50 species · 12 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Shiratani Unsui Gorge6.1 km
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 km
Janokuchi Waterfall11 kmSenpiro Falls12 kmŌko Falls13 kmTorōki Falls14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Jomon Sugi Panorama
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jomon Sugi 01
Σ64 · CC BY 3.0
Jomonsugi (52931651088)
Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Jōmon Sugi

Japan

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 47Species

Nijinomatsubara

Japan · 346 km

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 88%Wild
  • 76Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q589967) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species196 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Darkskyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here