Matsudo, Chiba
Meguro, Tokyo and Matsudo, Chiba in Japan use "shii" (椎; "Castanopsis cuspidata") as one of their municipal symbols. The well-known and commercially important shiitake mushroom likes to grow on the logs of "C. cuspidata" and derives its common name from this: "shii-take" simply means ""Castanopsis cuspidata" mushroom".