Tadasu no Mori

Additionally, some areas of the forest were then taken by the Shogunate via the land forfeit ordinances in the 4th year of the Meiji era, reducing the territory of Tadasu No Mori to its current size.

Additionally, many camphor trees were planted after the Muroto Typhoon of 1934 caused severe flooding which drowned much of the forest's vegetation.

In contrast to the generally dark and mysterious atmosphere of some shrines, the area of Tadasu No Mori is rather bright as there is not a dense presence of coniferous trees.

As the Kyoto Basin sits at a warm temperate zone of Japan, broad-leaf coniferous forests commonly develop in this region.

During winter months, however, Tadasu No Mori, located at the northern most border of the Kyoto Basin, becomes far colder at night, making conditions unsuitable for the growth of conifers.

In 1983, a survey of Tadasu No Mori's vegetation, led by a team from Kyoto University's Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, found that 71.9% of the forest was Aphananthe oriental elm, 15.9% was of Japanese Zelkova, and many other species including Japanese hackberry, oak, camellia, nanami, laurel, and the Chinese windmill palm.