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This sacred shrine in Japan has been destroyed and rebuilt every 20 years for 1,300 years

 20/10/2025 5 Views
This sacred shrine in Japan has been destroyed and rebuilt every 20 years for 1,300 years


Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that they strike from three directions.

An hour later, the head woodcutter shouts, “A tree is falling!” as one of the 300-year-old trees crashes down, the forest echoing with a deep crack. A moment later, the other cypress topples over.

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