Ginkgo tree at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu falls down

TOKYO, Japan - A ginkgo tree, believed to be 1,000 years old, in the premises of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen fallen down on March 10, 2010. A security guard found the fallen-down tree, which was some 30 meters high and 6.8 meters around, at around 4:40 a.m. after hearing a sound like a thunderbolt.

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