Tsugaru Hiba - Tsugaru Hiba

Japanese: 津軽ヒバ - つがるひば

Aomori Hiba, or "beautiful forest," refers to the lush Japanese cypress that grows in the territory of the former Hirosaki Domain, which occupies the western half of Aomori Prefecture. It is also called Mutsu Hiba or Aomori Hiba. It is known as one of the "Three Most Beautiful Forests of Japan," along with the cedar forests of Akita and the cypress forests of Kiso (Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture). It is a general term for the natural forests of Japanese cypress (more precisely, Hinoki Asunaro) that grow densely in the Tsugaru and Shimokita Peninsulas at the northernmost tip of Honshu, and the coniferous forests that are dominated by Japanese cypress thanks to the conservation and afforestation policies of the Tsugaru Domain. Japanese cypress is also widely distributed in the territory of the former Morioka Domain in the eastern half of the prefecture, but most of the Japanese cypress forests in the prefecture are national forests.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青森県の西半分を占める旧弘前藩の領内に生い茂るヒバを称し，美林をなす。陸奥（むつ）ヒバとも青森ヒバともいう。秋田の杉林，木曾(長野県木曾郡一円)のヒノキ林とともに〈日本三大美林〉の一つとして知られている。本州最北端の津軽･下北両半島に密生するヒバ(正確にはヒノキアスナロ)の天然生林と，津軽藩の保護･造林施策によって今日あるヒバを主木とする針葉樹林の総称である。県東半の旧盛岡藩領内にもヒバは広く分布しているが，県内ヒバ林の大半は国有林に属している。

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