Located in Matsunoyama-machi, Niigata Prefecture, this virgin forest has an area of 3 hectares, where 70-year-old Japanese beech trees bristle all around. The forest is nicknamed “Bijin-bayashi Forest” (beautiful woman forest) because the slender and carefree figure of a beech tree looks like a standing beautiful woman. The natural beauty of each season wins hearts and minds of the visitors who come to view very green leaves in contrast to the still remaining snow during the early spring as well as the radiant red and yellow leaves during the fall. A small stream is running through the forest and the reverse images of trees on the surface of the water enclosed by a bund finely plays opposite to the real the forest.