shinboku

thumb|upright=1.5| wrapped around the sacred tree: Yuki Shrine thumb|upright=1.1|The sacred tree of Sugiwabemikoto Shrine, Natural monument thumb|Ohtamiya Gora Prince Katsura's Ruins (Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi) A is a tree or forest worshipped as a – a physical object of worship at or near a Shinto shrine, worshipped as a repository in which spirits or reside. They are often distinctly visible due to the wrapped around them.

The related term refers to trees that are considered sacred or divine in the precincts of Shinto shrines and of Shinto, as well as the forests that surround them and trees that are not grown for logging. It also refers to trees that are owned by shrines or by private individuals and have a special origin in folklore. It may also refer to trees that have been specially cut down for planting or growing wild to be used as timber for the construction of shrines.