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Miho no Matsubara

Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0

4% trees around it and 162 species recorded.

42Forestyas Score

ForestWorld Heritage

  • trees within 3 km4%
  • wild within 10 km83%
  • species recorded162

The forest around

4% 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 9%Grassland 1%Water 42%Bare ground 5%Built-up 42%Trees 4%Grassland 2%Water 70%Bare ground 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 23%Trees 10%Grassland 1%Water 69%Bare ground 0%Built-up 19%Trees 21%Grassland 1%Water 62%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 15%4%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km9%
  • 1–3 km4%
  • 3–6 km10%
  • 6–10 km21%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees4%
  • Grassland2%
  • Water70%
  • Bare ground2%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up23%

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

162 species recorded.

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

Persicaria capitata
Persicaria capitataPersicaria capitata8 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pyrrosia lingua
Pyrrosia linguaPyrrosia lingua8 recordsChhe ( talk ) · Public domain
Lantana
LantanaLantana camara6 recordsروتانا · CC BY 4.0
Roundleaf chastetree
Roundleaf chastetreeVitex rotundifolia6 recordsDalgial · CC BY-SA 3.0
Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia prostrataEuphorbia prostrata6 recordstoony · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sticky mouse-ear
Sticky mouse-earCerastium glomeratum6 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chinaberry
ChinaberryMelia azedarach6 recordsAnna Anichkova · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carolina geranium
Carolina geraniumGeranium carolinianum5 recordsAnthony Valois and the National Park Service · Public domain
Carolina horsenettle
Carolina horsenettleSolanum carolinense5 recordsThe original uploader was Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hop clover
Hop cloverMedicago lupulina5 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chinese Celtis
Chinese CeltisCeltis sinensis5 recordsGeographer ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0
White Clover
White CloverTrifolium repens5 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

42out of 100

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

  • 4%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 83%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 162Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking from April to May and in November.

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

  1. Jan9°4°72 mm
  2. Feb10°4°92 mm
  3. Mar13°6°142 mm
  4. Apr17°10°164 mm
  5. May20°15°176 mm
  6. Jun23°18°215 mm
  7. Jul27°22°232 mm
  8. Aug28°23°164 mm
  9. Sep26°21°224 mm
  10. Oct21°16°222 mm
  11. Nov16°11°106 mm
  12. Dec11°6°77 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Miho no Matsubara.

Japanese park

Miho no Matsubara is a forest in Japan.

Seen from space, 4% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 83% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

162 species have been recorded around it: 115 plants, 0 fungi, 46 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Persicaria capitata, Pyrrosia lingua and Lantana.

The best time to walk is from April to May and in November.

Mount Fuji and Miho no Matsubara 20170211-8
Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Miho no Matsubara 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

  • 3named and notable trees within 6 km新 羽衣の松, 先代 羽衣の松
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 3viewpoints within 5 km吹合ノ岬, 三保の松原 参道入口, 三保の松原
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmみほしるべ
  • 24car parks within 3 km
  • 23places to stay within 10 km旅館 潮騒, 福田家, サンポート and 20 more
  • 27restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Miho no Matsubara.

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.

Peakyas25 mountains within 25 km
Mount Hamaishi707 m · 14 kmMount Ryuso1,051 m · 15 kmMount Marikofuji450 m · 19 kmMount Hanazawa450 m · 19 kmMount Mankan470 m · 20 kmMount Takakusa501 m · 21 kmMount Takadokkyo1,134 m · 22 kmMount Dairabo561 m · 23 km
Islandyasthe island
Honshu230,426 km²
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Kiyomi Gata7.1 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Nihondaira ObservatoryBortle 6 · 5.7 kmJCPM Yakiimo StationBortle 5 · 6.2 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.

Mihojapan
Hiroshige · Public domain
Kimono Sevillanas at Miho no Matsubara 4
Kennagata · CC BY-SA 4.0
Miho Coast 20170211
Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Miho no Matsubara

Japan

  • 42Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 162Species

Aokigahara

Japan · 54 km

  • 90Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 371Species

See the guide

Nachi Primeval Forest

Japan · 282 km

  • 90Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 344Species

See the guide

Kasugayama Primeval Forest

Japan · 245 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 81%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 910Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q869275) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,228 open records within 5 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, Coastya, Darkskyas

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