Ebisu shrine is on one of rocky shores and located in a piece of land jutting out into the sea.
The shrine stands on rock witch is probabry thought as a Rhyolite. This rock also makes black pine trees stand.

Notes of a bonsai maker
Forest of Fagus crenata, which is called Buna in Japan.
The roots of Buna trees are bent under the weight of the snow.
This place has so heavy snowfalls that the area has been recoded by guinness world records.
At mt.Amamizu In Tokamachi city, Niigata prefecture.
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