In 1971, after the Shinto gate at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo was struck by lightning, the Japanese authorities especially came to Taiwan to buy 11 huge, straight Taiwan yellow cypress logs 16 to 24 meters long, cut from trees over 1,500 years old, to create the world's biggest Shinto gate.
一九七一年，明治神宮鳥居遭雷擊，特地來台採購了十一根十六至二十四公尺的通直巨檜，一千五百年的扁柏，造就了全球最大的鳥居。