Sacred rope “Shimenawa” for zelkova tree living over a thousand years (made in Idegawa, Odate city)
The zelkova tree “Idegawa-no-Keyaki” stands at Idegawa area in Odate. The tree has been living over millennium. It has 5 trunks from one root, and its perimeter of the stump is about 28 meter. People here cherish it, think the god is in, make a Shinto festoon "Shimenawa" and dedicate it to the tree…
