館神社のモミ（Tate Shrine Japanese fir）
推定樹齢（Estimated Age） 400年（years）
幹周合計（Circumference） 6.10m
樹 高（Height） 28.00m
青森県最大級 Ranked among the largest in Aomori Prefecture
道仏地区館神社の前にあります。モミ（樅）はマツ科モミ属の常緑針葉樹です。日本のモミ属中、最も温暖地に分布し、その北端は青森県、南端は屋久島に達するといわれています。館神社の境内には、他にもケヤキなどの巨木が側に数本見られます。
現在「館神社」が建てられている場所にあったその館は、階上町道仏字館地内にあって、別に蝦夷館ともいわれ、通称館と呼ばれていました。
館は西からのびる段丘の先端部を人工的に掘り、土塁で切り、また道仏川が南側を西から東北に向かって流れていますが、これを掘代りとするなど、自然の地形を巧みに利用し構築しています。館がいつ頃築かれたかは不明ですが、伝承によると、館主である赤松民部吉時が天正19年（1591年）九戸放実の乱に南部信直に味方したため、九戸方の久慈備前、櫛引清長らに攻められ落城したと云われています。
館の形態、構造などこの地方にみられる中世城館の特色をよく遺しており、保存状態もよいことから文化財としても貴重です。
This massive Japanese Fir is located next to Tate Shrine in Dobutsu District. The fir is a member of the genus Abies in the family Pinaceae. Japanese firs are distributed across warmer regions. The northernmost area in which they are found is said to be Aomori Prefecture, with the southernmost being Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Along with this giant fir, the Tate Shrine grounds are also home to several other giant trees, including Japanese Zelkova.
Tate Jinja Shrine stands on the site of what was once Dobutsu Fort, built here over 500 years ago. Dobutsu Fort was a yakata, which is quite different from a typical castle. It was overseen by Akamatsu Yoshitoki, a retainer to the powerful Nambu family that once ruled part of present-day Aomori, Iwate, and Akita prefectures. The castle was attacked and destroyed in 1591 during the Kunohe Rebellion, a war of succession among the Nambu. While none of the original structures survive, the remnants of a moat can be seen on the outskirts of the shrine grounds. The entrance to the fort was located where the torii gate now stands.
Tate Jinja is dedicated to Hachiman, a Shinto deity of war, and the current building is the result of a reconstruction project that took place in 1981. The shrine hosts a large festival every year in late July.
The shrine is one of the designated sights along the Michinoku Coastal Trail, a long-distance walking course that passes through the nearby town of Hashikami. The gently sloping path that leads up to the shrine is flanked by tranquil rows of Japanese cedars (Cryptomeria japonica). The enormous Japanese fir (Abies firma) within the shrine’s precincts is one of the largest fir trees in Aomori Prefecture.
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