The Sacred Nagi Tree of Kumano Hayatama Taisha is one of the

Natural Monuments of Japan Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are ...

and is situated in

Kumano Hayatama Taisha is a Shinto shrine located in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on the shores of the Kumanogawa in the Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the ...

in Shingu city,

Wakayama, Japan is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture ...

. Kumano Hayatama Taisha is one of three Kumano Sanzan shrine/temple sites, and is part of the

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Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the Kii Peninsula in Japan. Selection criteria The locations and paths for this heritage site were based on their historical and modern imp ...

". The nagi tree, ''

Nageia nagi ''Nageia nagi'', the Asian bayberry, is plant species in the family Podocarpaceae named by Carl Peter Thunberg. ''Nageia nagi'' is native to China, Japan, and Taiwan. It was formerly called ''Podocarpus nagi''. Description ''Nageia nagi'' is ...

'', is also called the broadleaf

podocarpus ''Podocarpus'' () is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family, the Podocarpaceae. The name comes from Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”). ''Podocarpus'' species ...

. It is said that this tree, which has grown to a height of 17.6 m and a circumference of 5.45 m, was planted as a memorial by

Taira no Shigemori was the eldest regent of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He supported his father in the Heiji Rebellion. He died two years before his father. His son, Taira no Koremori, became a monk in 1184, and drowned himself. Oda Nobunaga cl ...

Heiji was a after '' Hōgen'' and before ''Eiryaku.'' This period lasted from April 1159 until January 1160. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * January 21, 1159 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previ ...

1 (1159).

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