Asu-mori Forest
Asu-mori is a craggy mountainous area rising up near Hedo in Kunigami-son Village. This Utaki, or sacred grove, is also called Hedo Mori. According to legend, when the gods made the islands of Okinawa, this was the first part. From ancient times the local residents have worshiped the area as sacred.
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