Huge Katsura Tree in front of a Shrine
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Katsura tree is known as Japanese Judas-tree, and is native in China, Korea and Japan. It is famous in japan that the Shogi (Japanese chess) board, especially high-grade board is made of this wood.The shrine behind the tree is a branch of the Gundari-Shrine, the main shrine is located several hundred meters away in the south.
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