![]() The oldest trees were approximately 300, 268, 294, 296, and 28.1 years in Bise, Tonaki, Imadomari, Yae (East & West), and Hama in Aguni Island, respectively. Both the kami-asagi and haisyo are sacred places where guardian gods were summoned in order to hold ceremonies and rituals. It was found that huge Fukugi trees older than 200 years, cluster around the core area kami-asagi or haisyo inside the village. In order to clarify the development process of the house-embracing Fukugi trees, all Fukugi trees that were assumed to be older than 100 years in Bise, Tonaki, Imadomari, and Aguni Island were measured. ![]() ![]() But it is still a mystery to the historians when and how these Fukugi trees were planted. Such a green landscape, which is assumed to be planned or reformed during the modern Ryukyuan period around 300 years ago, is well preserved in Okinawa Island, Japan, and its nearby isolated islands. A Feng Shui village landscape features Fukugi (Garcinia subelliptica) tree lines surrounding every house and orderly laid out roads. ![]()
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