Gongen no Ooicho

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This gingko tree, which is also known as the Tanaka-no-Oicho, is located in Tanaka, Fujikoto, Fujisato Town, Yamamoto County. The large tree, which is 25-meter-tall and has a circumference of 8.5 meters, is the sacred tree of the adjacent Tanaka Shrine. Legend has it that when the Buddhist monk Kukai visited the area, he stuck the chopsticks he used to eat his lunch in the ground they grew into the ginkgo tree. It has been designated as a Prefectural Natural Monument.

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