In such places, a shimenawa is hung and for rituals people use evergreen broad-leaved trees with thick, glossy leaves such as nagi trees (a species of conifer), as typified by the sakaki (a kind of camellia), instead of a himorogi (sacred tree), as the yorishiro.
同様に注連縄が飾られ儀式には神籬（神木）の代わりとして、榊（サカキ）に代表される梛（ナギ）などの革厚で光沢のある葉を持つ常緑の広葉樹が、依り代として使われる。