Chinju-no-mori (鎮守の森) are forests established and maintained in or around shrines (Chinjugami) in Japan, surrounding temples, Sando, and places of worship.
A forest of Shinto shrine surrounded by rice paddies (Hyōgo Prefecture Tamba Sasayama City, Kawakita, Kasuga Shrine). Similar landscapes are still widely found in rice-growing areas in Japan.
Chinjugami is a god enshrined to protect a specific building or a certain area of land. Nowadays, it is often equated with Ujigami and Ubusunagami. A shrine that enshrines a guardian deity is called a Chinjusha.
The Chinju no Mori where the guardian deity is enshrined (Tamba-Sasayama City)
The main hall and Inari shrine (Inari Omyojin/Dakini) of Enryuji [ja]
Chintakureifu [ja]・Sanbo Kojin(Shipporyuji Temple [ja])
Hariti Hall(Kanshin-ji)