Natural durability of wood in 27 trees from 15 clones of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)　 was investigated by an accelerated decay test. Thirty years old trees were collected from a clonal trial in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. Natural durability is usually evaluated in heartwood. Mass losses of heartwood caused by a brown rot decay fungus, Fomitopsis palustris and a white rot decay fungus, Pycnoporus coccineus were ranged from 0% to 29% and 0% to 14% respectively. The coefficients of their variation among 27 sample trees were 80 % and 38% in mass loss of heartwood by these fungi. Heartwood from one clone was subjected to be low level of mass loss by both fungi. Trees from the clone could be classified into durable. It might be possible to select sugi clones having durable heartwood.

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