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Tadasu no Mori (糺の森) is a forest located near the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto city, Japan. It is a Chinju no Mori or sacred forest and associated with the Kamo-jinja shrine complex, which includes Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine.^[1] The Kamo-jinja shrines are believed to protect Kyoto from negative influences.^[2] The term Kamo-jinja is commonly used to refer to both Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine.^[1] Tadasu no Mori means "Forest of Correction" in Japanese.

In the past, Tadasu no Mori was a large virgin forest spanning about 4,950,000 square meters. However, due to wars that occurred during the Middle Ages and a decree issued in the 4th year of the Meiji era, the forest was reduced to its current size of approximately 124,000 square meters..^[3]

The forest area known as Tadasu-no-mori is currently located within the grounds of Shimogamo Shrine, which is one of the seventeen historical sites in and around Kyoto. In 1994, these sites were designated by UNESCO as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.

• Chinju no Mori

• GoJapanGo.com: Shimogamo Shrine Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Nelson, John K. (2000). Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2259-0
• Terry, Thomas Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese empire: including Korea and Formosa, with chapters on Manchuria, the Trans-Siberian railway, and the chief ocean routes to Japan; a guidebook for travelers. New York: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 2832259OCLC 2832259

• Shimogamo Shrine website