Timber Sales
Hardwood Plantation
Hardwoods offer a variety of benefits. For example, acorns from Quercus Serrata and sawtooth oak can be used as food for wild deer and wild boar, which can help prevent damage from wild animals in the fields, fallen leaves are a valuable resource for making humus soil, decomposing leaves as a source of shiitake mushrooms, etc. At Hironorin, we are promoting the planting of Hardwoods and starting to regenerate mountains that have become too coniferous due to the over plantation of coniferous tree.
Kitayama Cedar Processing and Sales
In the forests owned by Hironourin, our predecessors have been planting Kitayama cedar trees since before World War II, supporting the golden age of the Kitayama cedar industry. The cedar and cypress trees planted back then for the sake of their descendants are now reaching maturity.
The Japanese cedar industry has been hit hard by cheap foreign lumber, but Hironourin is actively working to create a new Japanese forestry industry by using portable sawmills to produce lumber in the mountains after logging, securing sustainable biomass energy sources from the offcuts, and using new technologies to effectively utilize lumber.
Paulownia Wood Plantation
Paulownia is a valuable hardwood known for its excellent resistance to insects and humidity control, fire resistance, heat insulation, lightness, and ease of processing. However, most of the paulownia wood market in Japan today is dominated by imported wood, and only a small amount is produced domestically. Hironorin plans to plant and cultivate paulownia trees in its own mountains and propose new ways to use them.
