The Giant Trees of Tochigi Project

What is?

In Japan (and not just Japan, but other places too, of course), there are a lot of trees. A lot of OLD, VERY BIG trees, a lot of them with really great stories, beautiful settings, and so on. I want to document them, somehow.

How do?

I intend to visit all of them, take photos of them, and learn as much about their history as possible.  I’ll blog about them, and, if I get enough good pictures and interesting information, maybe make a book out of it.  That’s the plan, but we’ll see if it actually happens.

It’s many!

Indeed it is. There are 84 registered trees, and who knows how many unregistered trees waiting to be found. I’ll try to keep this page up to date with links to the blog posts about the trees I’ve made it to. There’s also the map so you can visit them yourself, if you’re ever in Tochigi.

The List

1. Giant Zelkova of Shinmachi & 1
2. Grand Ginkgo of Asahimachi & 1
3. Giant Camphor of Hachimanyama
4. Giant Ginkgo of Jougan Temple & 1
5. Giant Zelkova of Kamitokujira
6. Giant Zelkovas of Chikatsu Shrine
7. Forked Nutmeg-yew of Sagehashi
8. Giant Ginkgo of Banna Temple
9. Lone Cedar of Ikarugi
10. Giant Cedar of Kabasaki Hachimanguu
11. Giant Cedar of Nikko Shrine
12. Vaisravana Cedar
13. Giant Cedar of Matsuda Shrine
14. Giant Nutmeg-yew of Ryuusen Temple
15. The Honourable Sacred Cedar of Oohirasan Shrine
16. Giant Ginkgo of Hoshimiya Shrine
17. Evergreen Beech of Raiden Shrine
18. Giant Zelkova of Fujioka Shrine
19. Giant Zelkova of Asada Shrine
20. Giant Zelkova of Marudakesan Shrine
21. Ksitigarbha Zelkova of Jougan Temple
22. Giant Cedar of Kasosan Shrine
23. Giant Cedar of Ooashi Shrine
24. Giant Zelkova of Imamiya Shrine
25. Giant Cedar of Kumano Shrine
26. Fruitful Year Cedar
27. Giant Cedar of Yagurasan Shrine
28. Giant Cedar of Tenmanhoshinomiya Shrine
29. Giant Nutmeg-yew of Kanoudai
30. Giant Nutmeg-yew of Awano
31. Tarou Sugi of Omiya Shrine
32. Married Couple Cedars of Kurokawa Shrine
33. Heike Cryptomeria
34. Giant Ginkgo of Kumano Magnificent Shrine
35. Giant Ginkgo of Kannon Temple
36. Giant Zelkova of Yana Hachimanguu
37. Giant Zelkova of Atago Shrine
38. Giant Ginkgo of Shiroyama Park
39. Giant Zelkova of Hongo-cho Atago Shrine
40. Giant Zelkova of Kou Shrine
41. Giant Zelkova of Touya Shrine
42. Giant Hackberry of Munakata Shrine
43. Giant Zelkova of Busshou Temple
44. Giant Zelkova of Muryouju Temple
45. Giant Nutmeg-yew of Henjou Temple
46. Sacred Zelkova of Nakamura Hachiman Shrine
47. Giant Zelkova of Daidouizumi
48. Giant Zelkova of Naganuma
49. Giant Ginkgo of Soukou Temple
50. Giant Zelkova of Oki
51. Giant Zelkova of Senju Temple
52. Giant Evergreen Oak of Takioka Onsen Shrine
53. Giant Zelkova of Sakuyama
54. Giant Zelkova of Yakumo Shrine
55. Giant Quercus Sessilifolia of Horinouchi
56. Giant Nutmeg-yew of Fudouin
57. Giant Cryptomeria of Onsen Shrine
58. Giant Ginkgo of Oonomuro
59. Giant Sawara Cypress of Nasu Shrine
60. Reverse Cedars
61. Giant Cedar of Myouunni Tower
62. Giant Cedar of Takesan Houkine Shrine
63. Sacred Cryptomeria of Kumano
64. Giant Nutmeg-yew of Mangan Temple
65. Giant Zelkova of Kitanaka Hachimanguu
66. Giant Nutmeg-yew of Kakujouin
67. Giant Zelkova of Arakashi Shrine
68. Giant Zelkova of Sazarashi
69. Giant Zelkova of Anraku Temple
70. Giant Zelkova of Beppu
71. Giant Ginkgo of Mibu Temple
72. Giant Zelkova of Mibu Atago Shrine
73. Giant Ginkgo of Nogi Shrine
74. Giant Zelkovas of Nogi Shrine
75. Giant Zelkova of Tomonuma Hachiman Shrine
76. Giant Cedar of Murahi Shrine
77. Sacred Zelkova of Shirahige Shrine
78. Giant Ginkgo of Kaminomiya
79. Giant Cryptomeria of Yuzen Shrine
80. Giant Umbrella Pine of Nasu Town
81. Giant Cedar of Kentoku Temple
82. Giant Ginkgo of Togakushi Shrine
83. Giant Zelkova of Kitamukada
84. Thousand Year Cryptomeria of Torinokosan

• α1. The Giant Ginkgo of Takao Shrine & 2
• α2. The Giant Gateway Cryptomeria of Fudouin
• α3. The Twin Giant Cryptomeria of Chousen Temple
• α4. The Giant Zelkova of Enshuu Temple
• α5. The Giant Weeping Cherry of Jougan Temple
• α6. The Giant Ginkgo of Mangan Temple
• α7. The Giant Evergreen Oak of Takao Shrine
• α8. Saigyo’s Wandering Willow

The Map

View Giant Trees of Tochigi in a map