Heikan Forest

Heikan Forest [澤東森; へいかん・そり] is a large forest which covers the Tsuba mountains within Heisai Prefecture. It was given status as a protected nature reserve in 1961, and has since remained untouched by deforestation. In 2015, it was named as one of the most beautiful forests in Kanton in a government-run tourism campaign.
Heikan Forest has long been associated with mystery and darkness. In local legends and mythology, it was once believed that the woodland was the domain of the oijō and that strange things would happen to those who ventured inside. For many centuries it was known as Hachasori in the Heisai dialect, meaning roughly 'magical forest' or 'bewitched forest'. In media, it is often featured as a forbidding yet intriguing place.