Shrines located to the south of the central Honshu in particular had lots of big trees, including camphor and tabu (machilus thunbergii) trees, which were said to fetch large sums of money.
特に本州中部以南の神社には、クスノキやタブノキなどの大木が多く、これが高額で扱われたのではないかとの説がある。