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周辺のオススメ
The Formosan gum tree is native to China and Taiwan and did not originally grow in Japan. In China, it was long regarded as a noble and rare tree, traditionally planted only in imperial palaces as a symbol of prayers for national prosperity and peace.In 1720, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the shogun of Japan, imported three Formosan gum tree saplings from Qing China. One sapling was planted within Edo Castle, his seat of government; another within the precincts of Nikko Toshogu, the shrine dedicated to his ancestor Tokugawa Ieyasu; and the third within the grounds of Ueno Kan’eiji Temple, the Tokugawa family temple.The Formosan gum tree planted at Nikko Toshogu had died out by the mid-nineteenth century. However, the tree planted within Edo Castle continued to grow on the grounds later inherited by the Imperial Palace. Seeking to reintroduce the Formosan gum tree to Nikko Toshogu, leading figures in Tochigi Prefecture received fruits in 1982 from the Formosan gum tree growing at the Fukiage Garden of the Imperial Palace, with the gracious permission of Emperor Showa. These fruits were presented to Nikko Toshogu, and from 1983, specialists at the Tochigi Prefectural Forestry Research Center undertook efforts to germinate them.These efforts were successful, and the resulting saplings were planted near the Yomei-mon Gate of Nikko Toshogu in 1989.The tree presently standing here was provided by the Tochigi Prefectural Forestry Research Center in 1992.