Japanese cedar
noun
: a large Chinese and Japanese evergreen tree (Cryptomeria japonica) of the cypress family grown as an ornamental and for its valuable soft wood
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It was built from one Japanese cedar trunk, and with replicas of 30,000-year-old stone tools.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
Every room in the Alpine building has a clawfoot tub and a gas fireplace, while some rooms in Walden have Japanese cedar soaking tubs.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Clay suggests planting a row of evergreens like ‘Dragon Prince’ Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) along your property line.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2025
Our Pangaea Digital Garage in the heart of Tokyo is similar, a ‘super furniture’ co-working space constructed from solid Japanese cedar wood.
—Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Its Greenhouse Gardens holdings include Japanese cedar trees and Japanese weeping cherry trees.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The cabins, available in standard and suite configurations, sit on the northern side of the 20-acre property and offer a decidedly more residential feel with lounge areas, skylights for stargazing, private patios, marble bathroom sinks and showers, and outdoor Japanese cedar tubs.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
Human activities, including agriculture and the commercial planting of non-native Japanese cedars used for buildings and boats, also led to the destruction of the bird’s natural habitat—a subtropical laurel forest.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
Forests of Japanese cedar canopy the zig-zagging roads, sometimes beside paths bordered by Azorean blueberries and small orchids.
—Jeanine Barone, CNN, 26 May 2022
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
Every room in the Alpine building has a clawfoot tub and a gas fireplace, while some rooms in Walden have Japanese cedar soaking tubs.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Clay suggests planting a row of evergreens like ‘Dragon Prince’ Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) along your property line.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2025
Our Pangaea Digital Garage in the heart of Tokyo is similar, a ‘super furniture’ co-working space constructed from solid Japanese cedar wood.
—Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Its Greenhouse Gardens holdings include Japanese cedar trees and Japanese weeping cherry trees.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The cabins, available in standard and suite configurations, sit on the northern side of the 20-acre property and offer a decidedly more residential feel with lounge areas, skylights for stargazing, private patios, marble bathroom sinks and showers, and outdoor Japanese cedar tubs.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
Human activities, including agriculture and the commercial planting of non-native Japanese cedars used for buildings and boats, also led to the destruction of the bird’s natural habitat—a subtropical laurel forest.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
Forests of Japanese cedar canopy the zig-zagging roads, sometimes beside paths bordered by Azorean blueberries and small orchids.
—Jeanine Barone, CNN, 26 May 2022
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“Japanese cedar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Japanese%20cedar. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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