The Witch Tree, a cypress that fell in 1964, reminded visitors of a witch flying away from the twisted trunk on a broomstick and gave rise to ghost stories over the years. “Residents of ...
or a Nikko hiba cypress in this case. Obayashi, 52, then waits 10 years for the tree to grow. When the trunk reaches a height of about 3 meters, it can be split vertically into four parts to ...