In Japan, the public tends to believe that shrine forests are the remnant of primary vegetation of the region. However, recent studies demonstrate that the forest was once dominated by pine trees at several shrine forests in Kansai region and suppose that forest resources were constantly utilized. We studied the relationship between the vegetative landscape of Kamomioya Shrine and resource utilization from the latter 17th to 18th century. Comparison of old drawings indicated that there was a mixed forest with pine-type trees and broadleaved-type trees, which is different from present-day landscape dominated by broadleaved trees and that Japanese-cedar-type trees existed around the shrine pavilions. The precinct also included bamboo forests. The old diary of a shrine family revealed that dead pines, bamboos and underbrush were cut and collected from specified places and utilized in various forms. Pine trees were rarely planted and would be naturally regenerated by periodical underbrush clearings and floods.