Yoshino Maki (Powerswood)
Yoshino Maki
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Yoshino cypress grows on Mount Yoshino in Nara.
Although they are broadly lumped together as Koyamaki, there is a different name for those that have a history in the Yoshino region, centered around Kinpusenji Temple.
They are often used daily as flowers, with the branches and cores removed, and it is said that they are rarely allowed to grow large.
Additionally, large trees have long been used to make furniture and building materials, and have been highly valued for making things like firewood baths.
The prefecturally designated cultural property near Nyoirinji Temple on Mount Yoshino was not originally a natural forest, but an artificial forest that was planted long ago for use, and still bears traces of daily life, with branches and other remains cut by local people.
