猿ケ森ヒバ埋没林 / Sarugamori Hiba Buried Forrest

4 min readMay 18, 2018

下北に行ったらぜひ見てみたいと思っていたのが、猿ケ森砂丘の近くにあるヒバ埋没林だった。今から約1000年前、飛砂により埋没して立ち枯れしたというヒバの木々の一部を、森から海に抜ける渓流沿いに見ることができるのだ。

One of the things I wanted to see when I visited the Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori was the Sarugamori Hiba Buried Forest. There is one of the largest sand dune in the area, and about a thousand years ago, it buried and let the forest of hiba trees wither. Some part of the forest is visible along a mountain stream now.

天気が違えば見え方が全く違う森。霞や霧が出ているときに来ることができたら、幻想的な風景を見ることができるかもしれない。

下はヒバ埋没林周辺の森の様子。午後遅い時間の光が木々を温かく照らし出していた。

I’m sure the forest looks very different in a different weather. I hope someday I will be able to see the forest in a hazy atmosphere.

The photos below were taken around the buried forest. The late afternoon light was beautiful in the fresh green in the early May.

新緑のころ。真新しい緑は本当に気持ちがよい。

It’s so refreshing to walk through such new greens.

そして下は、ヒバ埋没林への散策路入り口の駐車場脇にあった「オブジェ」。なんだろうと思って近づいてみた。

What do you think of the object in the photo below? At the first glance, I thought it was a woody art piece created by a local artist. It was in the open area near the parking space at the entrance of the walking path to the forest.