It was specified for the natural monument in the country in 1926.
It was notified as Camphor tree, but actually is Tabu-no-ki Tree [Machilus thunbergii].
16m in height, 15m in surroundings, and 28m of root in surroundings.
It is estimated that the age of the tree is 1300 years or more.
It is ruins of a castle of the Middle Ages around here, and this tree is a alive witness who kept watching the change of the hometown.
The plus information
The nearby sights
The sights a little way off
- Historic street of Sawara(National landscape conservation area)
- Memorial hall of Inoh Tadataka
- historic house of Inoh Tadataka
- The museum of festival float in Sawara
- Kampukuji-temple
- The Katori Shrine
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- Reference
- Katori City Yamada area
Data
- Name
- the great tree of Fuma
- place
- Fuma 2395, Katori City
- Access
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By train : Getting off at Omigawa Station, JR Narita-line. And bus for Asahi-station getting off at Kobouchi
By car : Higashi Kanto Expressway 30 minutes from Sawara-Katori exit
- Parking
- Free parking
- Inquiries
- Katori City city office of Yamada 0478-78-1051