Days of heavy rain have destroyed many world heritage sites in Japan

Local time on July 12, 2020, in Gifu, Japan, a "sacred tree" falling from a local shrine. Affected by heavy rains in recent days, on the evening of the 11th, cedar trees aged about 1300 years old fell to the ground in the Daqiu Shenming Shrine in Ruilang City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. This tree is about 40 meters high, and it is enshrined as a "sacred tree" by the local people. It is a designated monument in Gifu Prefecture. Shenshu fell to the ground and caused damage to nearby houses. Image source: Visual China

Release time: 2020-07-13 07:24:04 [Editor: Zhai Lu]