April 2024

Excellent characteristics of paulownia wood that have made paulownia boxes "Kiribako" so valuable in Japan

Fast growing Paulownia trees take about 15 to 20 years to grow to the point where they can be used as a material after being planted. Generally speaking, it takes about 80 years for a cedar tree to grow and about 40 years for a pine tree. Paulownia wood can be used as lumber in a quarter to half of that time. In addition, paulownia trees can be cut down two or three times and still grow again. Since it can be converted into a resource quickly, using paulownia as a material eliminates the need to cut down trees that take a long time to recover. In other words, by […]