KAGOSHIMA –
A girl believed to be a overseas customer has drawn criticism after posting pictures on social media displaying herself climbing and posing on an historical camphor tree greater than 800 years previous at Onamuchi Shrine in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, the place climbing the protected tree is prohibited.
The lady, wearing purple, was photographed standing on the Senbon Kusu, a large camphor tree designated by Hioki metropolis as a pure monument.
The tree is greater than 800 years previous, and actions akin to climbing it are prohibited.
Images of the lady climbing the tree unfold on social media, prompting a wave of criticism.
A neighborhood resident mentioned the lady had been seen on the tree round July. “She was on the tree taking pictures,” the resident mentioned. Asked whether or not it was the identical lady proven within the pictures, the resident replied, “Yes. I thought she probably wouldn’t understand Japanese, so I didn’t say anything. I thought it was terrible.”
The incident was apparently not the primary time the lady had climbed the tree.
A social media account believed to belong to the lady had beforehand posted a video displaying her sitting and posing on the Senbon Kusu.
Another native resident mentioned individuals who climb the tree are in all probability guests from far-off who don’t give a lot thought to the area people.
In response, Hioki metropolis put in new warning indicators on August 14 in a number of languages, together with English and Chinese, urging guests to not climb the tree.
A request for remark was despatched to the lady, however no response had been acquired.
The metropolis’s board of training mentioned it’s contemplating measures to stop comparable incidents. It urged guests to not contact or harm the tree and mentioned it hoped individuals would as an alternative replicate on the grandeur of nature and the historical past created by means of the lengthy relationship between individuals and the pure surroundings.
Source: FNN