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The old chinquapin tree is 15 meters high, and branches off into two trunks at 1 meter high from the base. The base is about 8 meters in circumference.
Itfs long branches extend over a Prefecture Road.
There is a hole at the lower part of the trunk. The hole is 1.5 meters high and 1 meter wide. It is rare for a chinquapin tree to be old and large like this tree.
The tree is said to be over 400 years and a Prefecturefs Natural Property.
Address: 775, Shimowada, Nachi Katsuura-cho
Directions: Drive for about 30 minutes from Kii Katsuura station.
TEL: 0735-52-5311 (Nachi Katsuura Sightseeing Association)
Kii Katsuura: Large Trees
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