Sugi itace itacen ƙasa na Japan, wanda aka shuka a kusa da gidajen ibada da wuraren bautar gumaka, tare da bishiyoyi masu ban sha'awa da yawa da aka shuka ƙarni da suka gabata. Sargent (1894; The Forest Flora of Japan) ya rubuta misalin daimyō (mai mulkin mallaka) wanda ya yi talauci sosai don ba da fitila na dutse a jana'izar shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543<unk>1616) a Nikkō Tōshō-gū, amma ya nemi a maimakon haka a ba shi izinin dasa wata hanyar sugi, don "baƙi na gaba su sami kariya daga zafin rana". An karɓi tayin; Cedar Avenue na Nikkō, wanda har yanzu yana wanzu, yana da nisan kilomita 65 (40 mihas), kuma "ba ya daidaita da girmansa".Jurmon (杉文縄) babban itace cryptomeria ne wanda ke kan tsibirin Yakushima, Gidan Tarihi na Duniya na UNESCO.
itacen kasa na Japan