SANUKINOKUNI Sakura
讃岐国山桜（サヌキノクニヤマザクラ）
産地；香川県
香川県は栗林公園、紫雲出山、丸亀城など有名な桜の名所が多く残されています。
香川県は昔、讃岐国と呼ばれ、弘法大師空海の出身地です。
讃岐国には川が少なく降雨量が少ない為、稲作が不向きな土地で、それゆえに小麦文化が根付き、うどんが名物になったのはこの要因がひとつです。空海は日本最大級のため池「満濃地」の復旧に尽力したといわれています。
桜は日照時間と水はけのよい土地を好むため、日照時間と水はけのよい香川県に向いている銘木の一つです。
木の力；微笑み、純潔、高尚、美麗
SANUKINOKUNI Sakura
Origin: Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture is home to many famous cherry blossom viewing spots, such as Ritsurin Garden, Shiudeyama, and Marugame Castle.
In the past, Kagawa was known as Sanuki Province and is the birthplace of Kōbō Daishi Kukai.
Because Sanuki has few rivers and low rainfall, the land was not suitable for rice cultivation. As a result, a wheat-based food culture developed, and this is one of the reasons udon became the region’s specialty. It is said that Kukai also devoted himself to restoring “Manno Pond,” one of Japan’s largest irrigation reservoirs.
Cherry trees thrive in places with long hours of sunlight and good drainage, making Kagawa—known for both—an ideal environment for this distinguished wood.
Meaning: smile, purity, nobility, beauty