A Japan Photo per Day – 400 years old Japanese Cedars in Nikko

13 June 2011 on Muza-chan's Gate to Japan Posted in: Travel    

Almost 400 years ago, Matsudaira Masatsuna, a daimyo serving the Tokugawa Shogun, started a project that took him 20 years: he planted in Nikko over 200000 Sugi 「杉」 - Japanese cedars - trees donated afterwards...
 
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