A 1000-year-old Japanese natural monument zelkova partially folds Yamanashi Southern Alps Oct. 14 6:21

Due to Typhoon No. 19 in Yamanashi Prefectural Minami-Alps, some of the trunks of the zelkova trunk that was over 1000 years old and designated as a national natural monument were broken.

The “Sankei no Daikiyaki” in the temple area of ​​Minami-Alps is estimated to be over 1000 years old and has been designated as a national natural monument in 1968.

According to the prefecture, the morning city staff confirmed that one of the trunks with a diameter of 1 meter was broken among the trunks of the two divided trees.

In Minami-Alps, the wind increased due to the approach of Typhoon No.19, and in the neighboring Amagasaki City, where the observation point of the Japan Meteorological Agency is located, it was past 9 o'clock on the 12th and a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 35 meters was observed.

The prefecture considers that the trunk has broken due to strong winds caused by a typhoon, reports damage to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and plans to remove the broken trunk in the future.

A woman in her 50s who lived nearby said, “It was broken when I heard a loud noise in the middle of the night and confirmed it in the morning. It was.