In the peak of summer I went to Takachiho in Miyazaki Prefecture, driving from Kumamoto and crossing the southern tip of Aso. I wanted to see sugi—the Japanese cedar or Cryptomeria japonica. Takachiho is full of sugi. No, actually, it’s more accurate to say that it’s full of sugi and full of shrines. No, actually, it’s even more accurate to say it’s full of sugi, shrines, and gorges. Iwato Shrine, on the outskirts of Takachiho, has all three: su…
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