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Rock-Breaking Cherry Tree
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The Rock-Breaking (or Rock-Splitting) Cherry Tree (石割桜, Ishiwarizakura) is an approximately 400-year-old cherry tree growing out of a crack in a granite boulder. It is located in front of the district courthouse in Morioka, the capital of Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
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The tree measures 4.3 meters around the base, and is approximately 10 meters in height. It was proclaimed a Natural Treasure of Japan in 1923.[1]