Its wood is very hard and has properties similar to maple. The wood color is yellowish brown with a slight reddish tinge, but with time it develops a pinkish hue.
This is the variety most often used in Headway’s Sakura guitars, and it produces a sweet tone with very good midtones and bass.

Although it is a well-known and popular cherry tree, it is extremely valuable as a timber because of its small distribution volume. The wood quality is similar to that of yamazakura, but the wood color is characterized by bluish tints.

This Sakura tree variety is very popular for their softly drooping branches, but the amount in circulation as lumber is extremely small and rare.
The wood is very dense, heavy, and hard, making it difficult to work with. The sound is characterized by a powerful bass and a well-defined treble range that comes from the hardness of the wood.

Although it is a member of the birch family, it is called Sakura because of the quality and appearance of its wood is very close to that of Sakura. It is hard and durable, and is often used in Matsumoto Furniture, a traditional craft of Matsumoto City.
The hardness of the wood and its tendency to have a dense grain that makes it one of the more difficult woods to process, but when used in guitars, the wood has a powerful attack and clear tone with a sweetness that is unique to Sakura wood.

It is a member of the camphoraceae family, but is also commonly reffered to as a cherry tree because of its similarity in wood quality and appearance to Sakura trees. Harder than the average Sakura wood material, it is extremely difficult to dry and is one of the most difficult to process.
This wood is full of character with a very strong and clear sound and a unique, impactful appearance with deep flamed wood.

Wood that has been buried in the ground without decomposing for more than 1,000 years due to landslides or other reasons is called “Jindai wood” which can be translated as “Wood from the age of the gods” which is as awe inspiring as the concept iteself. The Jindai-zakura in the image was dug up at the foot of Mt. Chokai in Akita Prefecture. Research conducted by Tohoku University has revealed that it is a large 300-year-old tree that was buried by a landslide that occurred when Mt. Chokai erupted in 466 BC.
Jindai Sakura wood is extremely rare and has rarely been excavated, so it is said to be a miraculous wood that will never be available again. The wood is lighter than normal cherry wood and has a sweet sound with a unique midrange.