Wilson’s Stump
＜Wilson’s Stump: the heart-shaped skyward view＞
- Starting point for trekking…Arakawa Trail Entrance
- Access to starting point…People who start climbing from Arakawa have to use the Arakawa Mountain Bus from Yakusugi Museum mae bus stop during the traffic regulations period from March 1 to November 30.
- 22.3 km(30min. by car) from Miyanoura to Yakusugi Museum mae bus stop and 14.7 km (35 min by bus) to Arakawa Trail Entrance.
- 3.6 km (6 min. by car) from Anbo to Yakusugi Museum mae bus stop and 14.7 km (35 min by bus) to Arakawa Trail Entrance.
- NEAREST BUS STOP… No.70 Arakawa Tozanguchi bus stop
- Altitude…1,030 meters
- Distance from the trail entrance…about 8.7 kilometers (17.4 km round trip)
- The time required for round trip…6-7 hours
- Difference in elevation…430 meters
Willson’s Stump is a remnant of a large Yakusugi cedar tree cut down around 400 years ago. It has a large hollow area inside where a spring flowing out of the ground makes a shadow stream running out of the stump. There are three younger cedar trees, descendants of Wilson’s Stump, growing by it, a good example of regeneration. Dr. E. H. Wilson, a notable English plant collector, researching Yakusugi cedars discovered a large stump in the Taisho Era (1912 – 1926). This stump was later named after him. You may go into the hollow stump and see a heart-shaped skyward view.