Kamiita Town

Kamiita Town isthis kind of town.

1. 01The ginkgo of Nyubo Shrine (乳保神社) stands in the shrine precinct in Kamiita. The Tokushima Shimbun gives its age as an estimated 800–1,000 years, its trunk girth as about 17 m and its height as about 28 m; it was designated a national natural monument in 1944. Aerial roots hanging from its trunk and branches are likened to breasts, so it is also called the “milk ginkgo” (乳イチョウ), and it has long been venerated as a tree of nursing; tying paper to the lumps is said to bring breast milk.
2. 02Awa wasanbon is said to have been spread by Maruyama Tokuya of Hikino, and the town's Historical and Folk Museum shows materials on Awa wasanbon sugar and Awa indigo. The corridor of Taisanji (大山寺) is a registered Tangible Cultural Property, and Rikimochi has been held in its precinct on the third Sunday of January each year. On the north bank of the Yoshino River stands the indigo-merchant house Toda-ke Jutaku, whose main house is a national Important Cultural Property.
3. 03A town in Itano District on the north bank of the Yoshino River, bordering Higashikagawa City in Kagawa across the Sanuki Mountains. There is no railway station; the town says to take the Tokushima Bus Kajiyabara Line from JR Itano Station and get off at Kamiita Yakuba-mae. It has a vacant-house bank system.