Overview
A camphor tree on Omishima in Imabari, said to be about 3,000 years old, with a passage under its roots.
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Ikiki no Gomon, or Ikiki no Mon, is a giant camphor tree (kusunoki) growing at the Okunoin of Oyamazumi Shrine on Omishima, Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. Its total trunk circumference as a multi-stemmed tree is 15.5 m, and it is designated a Natural Monument of Ehime Prefecture. The name comes from the fact that the hollow at its base itself serves as the approach to the Okunoin, making it a gate of a living tree. 'Ikiki no Gomon' is the name on the local information board, and 'Ikiki no Mon' is the name as a Natural Monument of Ehime Prefecture.
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