Nara, Japan

Kasugayama Primeval Forest

Kasugayama Primeval Forest, Nara

An ancient sacred woodland rising behind Kasuga Taisha, where logging and hunting were forbidden in 841. Protected for more than a thousand years, this old-growth forest of roughly 299 hectares forms part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.

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Location

Coordinates: 34.68430556, 135.86452778

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