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Inuyasha Places: The Sacred Tree / The Go-Shin-Boku
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The Sacred Tree is located in both Kagome's modern era and the Sengoku era where most of the Inuyasha adventures take place. On the Sengoku side it's short distance from the Bone Eaters Well outside of Kaede's village. In the Modern Era it's a central feature on the grounds of the Higurashi Shrine. As far as I know, it's never been revealed exactly what kind of tree it is, just that it's really big and obviously old. The Japanese names is made up of three parts - "go" is a honorific, "shin" means sacred, and "boku" means (old) tree
No matter how far away they get from the tree, it always seems to make an appearance in the story. It's first appearance is in the very first episode/act when Inuyasha is sealed to it with a sacred arrow by Kikyo. Over the course of the storyline of Inuyasha it's been used as a backdrop and plot device countless times.
In the first Inuyasha movie, The Sacred Tree played a very important role. Kagome needed something to clear out the blockage in the Bone Eater's well so she could go back to the Sengoku era, but she didn't have anything that would do the job. Luckily, she cut her finger on an old Sacred Arrow head that had lodged in the Sacred Tree's trunk. She grabbed a ceremonial arrow shaft from Grandpa, shot it down the well, and jumped in. That did the trick and she was able to travel back to the Sengoku period.
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