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There used to be a large parking lot in front of my house in Ooimachi.
The powers that be decided the area should be redeveloped.
They said a hotel was to be erected.
But an old, huge cherry tree stood on the parking lot.
The tree was a hundred years old, and incredibly beautiful.
A tree mushroom was growing on the stem.
I noted that it looked like Kanegon (from the TV-series Super Q)
Look carefully, and you will see the likeness.
It was my own idea to name the rescue project after the mushroom/monster.
If you fight for any old tree, they will cut it down in the end.
So I thought it needed a name to be saved. And thats how it got to be Christened this way.