Shirakami-Sanchi

This SS was issued by Palau in 1997 on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of UNESCO, depicting the Forest of Shirakami-Sanchi, Japan.

Situated in the mountains of northern Honshu, this trackless site includes the last virgin remains of the cool-temperate forest of Siebold's beech trees that once covered the hills and mountain slopes of northern Japan. The black bear, the serow and eighty-seven species of birds can be found in this forest.