Ko Sugi te rākau ā-motu o Hapani, e tipu ana i te taha o ngā temepara me ngā wāhi tapu, me te maha o ngā rākau tino whakamiharo i whakatokia i ngā rau tau ki muri. I tuhia e Sargent (1894; The Forest Flora of Japan) te tauira o te daimyō (rangatira feudal) i tino rawakore ki te koha i tētahi rama kohatu i te tangihanga o te shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543<unk>1616) i Nikkō Tōshō-gū, engari i tono kia whakaaetia ia ki te whakato i tētahi huarahi o te sugi, kia "ka tiakina ngā manuhiri o muri mai i te wera o te ra". I whakaaetia te tono; Ko te Cedar Avenue o Nikkō, kei te 65 km (40 mihas) te roa, ā, "e kore e rite ki tona nui".Ko te Sugi (Jurmon 文縄) he rākau nui kei runga i te motu o Yakushima, he waahi taonga tuku iho a te Ao, he mea nui rawa atu i waenganui i te 2,200 me te 7,170 tau te pakeke
te rākau ā-motu o Hapani