One old cedar has survived while the woodland around it has repeatedly changed. Residents agree that previous generations deliberately spared the tree, but disagree on why, leaving the Archive to reconstruct a tradition from the protection it left behind.
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Residents identify several old trees that previous generations warned should never be cut. The explanations differ, but the prohibition remains remarkably consistent, leading the Archive to investigate what such taboos can actually tell us about Kodama tradition.