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Level 2Trekking Trails to Enjoy the Natural Environment of the Mountains

2-1Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine (Bugyo-sugi Cedar course)

This popular route is known as the 'Bugyo-sugi Cedar Course'. It has several notable ancient trees including the Bugyo-sugi and Sanbonyari-sugi Cedars on the course. It requires not only sufficient climbing equipment and physical strength, but also the ability to make decisions dependent on the weather since most of the trail is unpaved and there are multiple locations where streams must be crossed.

Trekking information
Total distance 3.0 km (for reference)
Level of physical strength 2
Level of difficulty D
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Detailed route

  • Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine Entrance (Administration Building)
    Rest area
    Parking
    Toilet
    Portable toilet collection boxes
    		 The Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine Entrance. The wooden administration building on the right, a small rest area on the left, and a stone in the center noting the '100 Best Forest Water Sources'.
  • Branch 1_(2) Branch 1_(2) The Satsuki Suspension Bridge is shown at left in the photo, and at right is a sign indicating the trail to the Yayoi-sugi Cedar.
  • Branch 3_(6)
    Rest area
    		 Branch 3_(6) The large map showing the current location in the Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine is at right in the photo. The signs at left in the photo point to the Shiratani Hut via the Bugyo-sugi Cedar, the Nidai-osugi Cedar, the Shiratani Clearing, Administration Building, the Shiratani Hut via the Kusukawa Trail, and the Kusukawa Trail.
  • Bibinko-sugi Cedar The Bibinko-sugi Cedar and related description. The description reads ‘Bibinko-sugi Cedar - This cedar is a young tree less than 300 years old. It has germinated and put down roots on a stump. It was named in 1999 after a public naming competition. The name reflects the heartwarming sight of a parent and child riding piggyback (‘bibinko’ in the Kagoshima dialect)’.
  • Sanbonyari-sugi Cedar The Sanbonyari-sugi Cedar. A huge, craggy tree with slightly reddish-brown bark.
  • Bugyo-sugi Cedar
    Rest area
    		 The Bugyo-sugi Cedar. The sign at the base of this towering tree identifies it as the Bugyo-sugi Cedar.
  • Nidai-kuguri-sugi Cedar The Nidai-kuguri-sugi Cedar. 'Kuguri' means 'to pass under', and the base of the tree provides a space for just that.
  • Branch 4_(11) Branch 4_(11) There are two signs here - one for the Shiratani Clearing, Administration Building, Shiratani Hut, Kuguri-sugi Cedar, and Taikoiwa Rock, and the other for the Bugyo-sugi Cedar course, Nidai-kuguri-sugi Cedar, and Bugyo-sugi Cedar.
  • Branch 5_(12) Branch 5_(12) Signs for the Shiratani Hut and Shiratani Clearing. A map showing the current location is at left in the photo.
  • Branch 3_(6)
    Rest area
    		 Branch 3_(6) The large map showing the current location in the Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine is at right in the photo. The signs at left in the photo point to the Shiratani Hut via the Bugyo-sugi Cedar, the Nidai-osugi Cedar, the Shiratani Clearing, Administration Building, the Shiratani Hut via the Kusukawa Trail, and the Kusukawa Trail.
  • Branch 1_(2) Branch 1_(2) The Satsuki Suspension Bridge is shown at left in the photo, and at right is a sign indicating the trail to the Yayoi-sugi Cedar.
  • Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine Entrance (Administration Building)
    Rest area
    Parking
    Toilet
    Portable toilet collection boxes

    Please do not leave vehicles idling in the parking lot.

    		 The Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine Entrance. The wooden administration building on the right, a small rest area on the left, and a stone in the center noting the '100 Best Forest Water Sources'.
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