NAKATSUGAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Disappointed lumber workers here were stuck with a bunch of unwanted planter boxes made from high-quality local Japanese “hinoki” cypress that they wrongly ...

World Heritage Kiyomizu-dera's main-hall is thatched with Hinoki cypress bark. Discover how tradesmen uphold this building tradition, sustained by craftsmanship and faith.

Art, projected onto a canvas of rotated triangular hinoki, Japanese cypress, appears and disappears at different vantage points as the bather circulates in space. Hinoki is locally abundant ...