Yaosugi

On the way to Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine, this tree on the right after entering the Zuishinmon Gate is 38 meters high and has a circumference of 20 meters. This is the largest cedar in the prefecture. There is a legend that long ago, Yaobikuni, who came to Oki from Wakasa Province, planted a cedar seedling here as a memorial after visiting the main shrine. He said, ``I will come back after 800 years.'' Since then, this cedar tree has been called ``Yao Bikuni Sugi,'' and then gradually called ``Yao Sugi.''