For the older generation, the excellence of false cypress wood is hard to put into words. Old folk to this day still rattle on about how the cypress-wood sleeping platforms of Japanese-style houses were long-lasting and hard-wearing, and how the best bathtubs were of course those of made of false cypress wood.
對老一代人，檜木的好難以言喻，家中老奶奶至今叨念日式房子床板的經久耐用，而最上等的「浴缸」自然是檜木桶。