Tadasu no Mori (糺の森)

Tadasu no Mori

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A wild tangle of undergrowth

Tadasu no Mori (糺の森^?), which literally means "Forest of Correction," is a sacred groveassociated with an important Shinto sanctuary complex known in Japanese as the Kamo-jinja, situated near the banks of the Kamo River just north of where the Takano River joins the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto city, Japan. The term Kamo-jinja in Japanese is a general reference toShimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto.^[1]The Kamo-jinja serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.^[2]

The ambit of today's forest encompasses approximately 12.4 hectares, which are preserved as a national historical site (国の史跡). It is today the last remnant of a primeval forest which is reputed to have never been burned down. The forest has, in fact, suffered some damage over the centuries when all of Kyoto was burned during successive revolts and wars; but the forest growth has rebounded again and again. The forest is left to grow in its natural state. It is neither planted nor pruned.

The forest in ancient times comprised approximately 4,950,000 square meters of virgin forest. Due to wars during the Middle Ages and a supreme edict in the 4th year of the Meiji era, it was reduced to its present area of approximately 124,000 square meters.^[3]

A tree singled out from amongst the others in the forest

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• 1 World Heritage site
• 2 Notes
• 3 References
• 4 External links

World Heritage site[edit]

The wooded area that is called by the name Tadasu-no-mori today lies on the grounds ofShimogamo Shrine, one of the seventeen historical sites in and around Kyoto which in 1994 were designated by UNESCO as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.

Notes[edit]

1. Jump up^ Terry, Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese empire, p. 479.
2. Jump up^ Miyazaki, Makoto. "Lens on Japan: Defending Heiankyo from Demons," Daily Yomiuri.December 20, 2005.
3. Jump up^ Shimogamo Shrine official web page about Tadasu-no-mori [1] Japanese

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Tadasu no Mori (糺の森^?), which literally means "Forest of Correction," is a sacred groveassociated with an important Shinto sanctuary complex known in Japanese as the Kamo-jinja, situated near the banks of the Kamo River just north of where the Takano River joins the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto city, Japan. 

• 日本語

京都市左京区の世界遺産、下鴨神社は２日、境内に和風の高級マンション８棟を建設すると発表した。土地代として毎年約８千万円が神社の収入となり、２１年に１度、社殿などを大規模に修復する「式年遷宮」の費用や国指定史跡の原生林「糺（ただす）の森」の環境整備にあてる。今年１１月に着工し、２０１７年春に完成予定という。

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