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International Year of Forests

(January 1st, 2011 - December 31st, 2013)

Piotr Popik

Moving Dunes at Słowiński National Park

Akila Ninomiya

Forest of Correction (Tadasu no Mori)

in the Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

December 22, 2011, 06:18 UTC (15:18 JST)

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from Wikipedia : Tadasu no Mori (糺の森)

Tadasu no Mori (糺の森), which literally means "Forest of Correction," is a sacred grove associated 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 to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto.The Kamo-jinja serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.

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.
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Location

Asia / Japan

Lat: 35° 2' 13.49" N
Long: 135° 46' 22.68" E

Elevation: 3

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Precision is: Unknown / Undeclared.

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