Japanese larch or Karamatsu (Larix kaempferi) is a species of conifer tree native to Japan, in the mountains of the Chūbu and Kantō regions of central Honshu. This tree grows at elevations up to 2,900 m asl in well-drained soil. In Japan, Larix kaempferi is known as カラマツ, in China it is called 日本落葉松, and…