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I think it’s a Sciadopitys verticillata 'Wintergreen
Very cool
Wintergreen Japanese Umbrella pine

Very lucky to see one, it is a unique conifer endemic to Japan. It is the sole living member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys, a living fossil with no close relatives. The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys are from the Late Cretaceous of Japan, and the genus was widespread in Laurasia during most of the Cenozoic, especially in Europe until the Pliocene.