![]() ![]() ![]() As absence becomes presence, the woods cultivate their own ambience, seeming to convey a core tenet of the Japanese concept of Shinto, which holds that the world is suffused with kami, sacred essences that embody things both living and inorganic. Even the ear may strain for signals, for sound does not come often or travel far under the dense canopy. Bright blooms and quick movements have no place in this primeval space-green and evergreen is all the eye can discern. The Shiratani Unsuikyo ravine is a mossy-covered primary-growth nature reserve populated with thousand-year-old yakusugi, or endemic Japanese cedars. ![]() ON THE ISLAND OF YAKUSHIMA in southern Japan lies a forest whose wellspring of awe arises from silence. Listen to each section read by the author. ![]()
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