Category:

Municipally Designated Natural Monument

Title:

Kongoin no kaya

The Japanese Torreya Tree of Kongoin Temple

金剛院のカヤ

No. of features:

One tree

Designated:

February 13, 1976

Location:

Kongoin Temple, 1-758 Nisshincho, Kita Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Kongoin Temple

Description:

At the time of designation, this Japanese torreya (Torreya nucifera) measured 24 meters tall, with a trunk circumference of 2.55 meters and a base circumference of 5.2 meters.

Four large trees stand in a row that stretches from north to south between the temple gate and the main hall. Three of these trees, excluding the ginkgo, are designated cultural properties.

This tree stands between the Castanopsis and ginkgo trees. The branches from the upright main trunk are blocked by the ginkgo tree on the south side and are unevenly distributed on the east and north sides, but the tree is growing well.

Associated Texts:

(1987). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 3). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/005/002/003/p000594.html