The forest belonging to the Owari Domain was nationalized after the Meiji Restoration, and Jingubirin (resource forests for the Jingu) were set up in Akazawa Natural Recreation Forest and other areas during the Meiji and Taisho periods, with a systematic afforestation program making it possible to stably supply 200 to 300 year-old timber.
明治維新以降、尾張藩の森林は国有化され、明治時代後期から大正時代にかけて赤沢自然休養林をはじめとする地域に神宮備林が設定され、樹齢200年から300年の用材の安定提供が可能なように計画的に植林された。