Updated Date: 2019-03-19

Pseudonym reading | Koorizaki Okaya |
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Specified type | Prefecture designation |
Type | Natural monuments and plants |
Designated date | June 6, 1969 |
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location | Kitakami city Kotorizaki |
owner | Individual |
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Overview
Kaya is a tropical plant along with the same family of caraboku, and is a plant that has been planted to grow naturally in the mountains and to use garden trees or seeds for food.
Kotasaki-no-Okaya is located in Kodorizaki, close to the Kitakami River, about 3 km northeast of the Kitakami city area.
It is estimated to be about 560 years old with a root circumference of 6 m, an eye diameter of 5.6 m, and a height of about 20 m, and is representative of Kaya's giant trees in the prefecture.