Other, less expensive woods often used to make quality table boards in both Chinese and Japanese dimensions include Hiba (Thujopsis dolabrata), Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), Kauri (Agathis), and Shin Kaya (various varieties of spruce, commonly from Alaska, Siberia and China's Yunnan Province). So-called Shin Kaya is a potentially confusing merchant's term: shin means 'new', and thus shin kaya is best translated 'faux kaya', because the woods so described are biologically unrelated to Kaya.
other less expensive woods often used to make quality table boards in both chinese and japanese dimensions include hiba (thujopsis dolabrata) katsura (cercidiphyllum japonicum) kauri (agathis) and shin kaya (various varieties of spruce commonly from alaska siberia and china's yunnan province) so-called shin kaya is a potentially confusing merchant's term shin means 'new' and thus shin kaya is best translated 'faux kaya' because the woods so described are biologically unrelated to kaya