Fukugi

Fukugi trees are planted, surrounding the house as "a fence of a house" in Native Okinawa Village. Fukugi is an evergreen broad-leaved tree native to the Philippines with a height of 6-20 meters. Because the trunk grows straight and the leaves are thick, hedges and roadside trees are used for the protection against wind, tide, and fire in Okinawa. It is also known that yellow dye, which is indispensable for Okinawa’s kimono, can be removed from the bark of the tree. In recent years, it has become less common in urban areas, but in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa and remote islands, beautiful scenery of Fukugi trees and villages remains.
In the village of Bise near Ocean Expo Park, Fukugi trees were planted as long as 3km during the Ryukyu Kingdom to separate communities, and you can see the blue sea spreads beyond the row of tunnel-shaped trees. Glowing slowly, Fukugi trees are very hard and resistant to salty wind, so that they protect the area which the typhoons hit frequently.

Tree used as a fence of a house Tree for mansion for the protection against wind: Fukugi, Alexandrian laurel. Banyan, Bischofia. Hedge: Shoeblackplant, in the old days, Chinese box, Fukien tea, Ryukyu pine Fencing: a fencing that mixed Chinibu fence or hedge with edible plants: Cinibu fence, hedge with edible plants (Malayan long pepper, etc.) entwined with hedges