Cultural Properties of Urasoe

 
  

16. Sacred Gajimaru Tree in Yafuso

  
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This large Gajimaru (small-leafed banyan, ficus retusa) tree is over 100 years old, has a diameter of over 1.3 meters, reaches to a height of 13 meters, and its branches spread over 21 meters out. Almost all of the forested areas of Urasoe were burned in the battles of WWII, but this tree survived and continues to grow. It faces the area's civic hall and is considered sacred. The tree is well loved by residents, who call it Yafuso-no-Uganju-no-gajimaru.

 

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