Thanks 👍.

literally. unbelievable material

They seem to be hinoki cypress. The pines are most likely scotch pine.

@@marcklonel6885 I came back from Japan in 1999 and went crazy on my yard! Bought a Hinoki Cypress, dwarf Lace Leaf Maple, black bamboo, dwarf mondo grass, Zoysia grass plugs to imitate islands and chicken and turkey grit at a local feed mill to imitate zen sand. I scoured construction sites for rocks with moss on them, found horsetail reed grass in a marshy area to imitate mini bamboo and bought a cement feminine Buddha and Toro lantern. I planted giant reed grass which when the wind blowed slapped together making a beautiful sound. I replaced a corner downspout off my porch with a “kusari-doi” (Rain chain; chain gutter). The hummingbirds would hover and drink from it! When the teachers and students from Japan came Andosensei took a photo to show one of my host teachers.😊