However, since the yorishiro is limited within a certain range in the present Shrine Shinto, the himorogi and the iwakura became tamagaki (fence around a shrine), and now the sacred shrine forest is not treated as a shintai (sacred object) any more.
ただし、現在の神社神道において依り代となるものは一定の範囲に限定されており、神籬や磐座は玉垣になり、鎮守の森は神体として扱われなくなった。