Typhoon Shanshan, also known as Typhoon No. 10 in Japan's numerical naming system, tore a 3,000-year-old Yayoi Sugi (or Yayoi Cedar) tree — – believed to be the inspiration for Studio Ghibli’s “Princess Mononoke” — – in half while leaving a trail of destruction across Japan's southwestern areas last week. ⁠ ⁠ Several tour guides confirmed the destruction of the tree, located in the Shiratani Unsuikyo scenic spot on the island of Yakushima, on Aug. 31. The Yayoi Cedar, once standing 26 meters tall and with a circumference of 8 meters around its trunk, wasis estimated to date back to the Yayoi Pottery Culture Period between 1000 B.C. and 250 A.D. Meanwhile, around 1,000 homes were destroyed, more than 120 people were injured and at least seven people have been confirmed dead since Typhoon Shanshan, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, made landfall in southwestern Japan on Aug. 29.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 📽️Video by: Gabe Jung⁠ 🤳Click our linkinbio to sign up to our daily newsletter.⁠ ⁠ 📰F...