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  "path": "/2026/06/how-japan-invented-daisugi-the-ancient-method-of-growing-lumber-without-cutting-down-trees.html",
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  "textContent": "Ask anyone, of most any age and in most any society, how we get wood, and you’ll hear one answer: by cutting down trees. It’s therefore natural that any method of lumber production that leaves trees standing will get a lot of attention. Such has been the case with daisugi, the 600-year-old Japanese technique we’ve […]",
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