Jomon Sugi Round Trip from the Arakawa Trailhead

Get off the public bus and start walking from the Arakawa Trailhead. Of the 11 kilometer-long trail, approximately 9 kilometers will be walked along a rail car track.

Soon after you start walking the trail you will enter a tunnel. After crossing Anbo-gawa (Anboh-gawa) River via Kosugidani Bridge, you will reach the Ruins of Kosugidani Village in approximately an hour. Continue to walk the former rail car track until you pass the Kusukawa branch and you come across some toilets.

From here, as you continue to proceed while enjoying views of large Yakushima cedar trees including the 38.4 meter-tall Sandai-sugi cedar and the 22.8 meter-tall Nio-sugi (Nioh-sugi) cedar, you will come to the end of the nearly flat former rail car track and enter the Okabu (Oh-kabu) Footpath. There are toilets installed here as well.

Beyond from the entrance of Okabu Footpath, you will start hiking a proper trail with a large number of steps. After proceeding approximately 500 meters, you will come across the large Wilson Stump (Wilson kabu). After walking approximately 800 meters from the Wilson Stump, you will arrive at the Meoto-sugi, a “married” pair of cedar trees.

Just past that is the large Daio-sugi (Daioh-sugi) cedar. It stands on a steep slope and you can enjoy a close up view of it. After proceeding approximately 700 meters from the Daio-sugi cedar, you will finally arrive at the Jomon-sugi. In order to protect the Jomon-sugi, visitors are asked to view it from the observation deck installed a few dozen meters away from the tree.

Take the same path back.