Category:

Municipally Designated Natural Monument

Title:

Suna no mokkoku

The Japanese Ternstroemia of Suna

砂のモッコク

No. of features:

One tree

Designated:

May 19, 1962

Location:

1-chome Higashi-Omiya, Minuma Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership

Description:

   Japanese ternstroemia (Ternstroemia gymnathera), commonly called “mokkoku” in Japanese, are tall, evergreen members of the family Pentaphylacaceae. They have long been enjoyed as “niwaki”, easy-sculpted trees that serve as the backbone of a Japanese garden.

This mokkoku was originally planted to serve as a niwaki. At the time of designation, it had a height of 10.5 meters, a trunk circumference of 1.6 meters, and a base circumference of 2.7 meters.

Its well-shaped form is full of personality.

Associated Texts:

(1965). “Cultural Properties in Omiya”. Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

(1970). “Designated Cultural Properties in Omiya City”. Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

(1971). “Designated Cultural Properties in Omiya City”. Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

(1987). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 3). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

This cultural property is not available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/005/002/003/p000553.html