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Japan
Fly or hydrofoil from Kagoshima at Kyushu's southern tip to a circular island of vertical rainforest.
A minshuku near Anbo or Miyanoura; mountain huts (unmanned, free) on the traverse.
Cedar trees up to 7,000 years old in moss forests that inspired Princess Mononoke, deer and monkeys sharing the road, loggerhead turtles on the beaches, and rain measured in meters.
Walk the Shiratani Unsuikyo moss ravine early, then commit to the long day (or overnight hut) to Jōmon Sugi, the ancient cedar itself.
May to November
Yoroshiku onegaishimasu — the all-purpose Japanese courtesy.
Lost Japan by Alex Kerr — the vanishing Japan these forests belong to.
Kagoshima's Sakurajima volcano, smoking over the bay, on your way through.
It rains '35 days a month,' as islanders say — waterproof everything and treat river crossings seriously after storms.