Coin Highlights:
- Contains 1 oz .999 fine Silver.
- Diameter 40mm
- Packaged in hard plastic Mint case.
- Obverse: Features Jōmonsugi Cedar Tree, Mt. Nagatadake, and Yakushima Rhododendron in Yakushima Island**
- The common reverse design of 1,000 yen Silver coin shows snow crystals, the moon and cherry blossoms.
- Minted by the Japan Mint.
**Jōmonsugi Cedar Tree is known
as the oldest Yakusugi cryptomeria tree with the height of 25.3m and is
estimated to be between 2,170 years old and 7,200 years old. The tree’s
name is said to come from the Jōmon period of Japanese prehistory
because it is a survivor of the Jōmon period dating back to about 16,500
years ago.
Mt. Nagatadake: One of the high mountains called Okudake centrally-located in Yakushima Island. The height above sea level is 1,886m. Many granite rocks are exposed by erosion around the top of the mountain, and it formed an unique landscape with the mountain ridge like a folding screen.
Yakushima Rhododendron:An evergreen low tree with the height of 2 to 3 m living in the area over 1,200 m above sea level. One of the indigenous species of Yakushima Island. 5 to12 blossoms of sanguine or pink color bloom on every tip of the branches from late May to early June every year.