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Ise Jingu Shrine Forest (Shinden-rin)
Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Japan
Active (Shinto pilgrimage; periodic Shikinen Sengu)
Single grove
- Location
- Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Coordinates
- ~34.45°N 136.72°E
- Size
- ~5,500 ha shrine forest (Isuzu River watershed)
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (Shinto; shrine est. ~4 BC traditionally)
- Status
- Active (Shinto pilgrimage; periodic Shikinen Sengu)
- Deity & Religion
- Amaterasu-ōmikami & kami; Shinto
- Community & Guardians
- Japanese Shinto / Ise Shrine priesthood
- Vernacular name
- Chinju no mori (shrine forest)
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Shinto worship; sacred shrine forest; timber for shrine rebuilding
Plant species
Managed evergreen broadleaf & conifer (hinoki cypress) forest
Biome & fauna
Temperate Japanese shrine forest
Threats & protection
Protected sacred shrine forest
Source
Rai 2025, IJFMR 7(3) — 'Protector of the Green' (citing Abe 2020)