Cave Spots in Shima Area

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    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Shimashi Isobechouerihara
    A cave where according to legend the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami hid herself. Surrounded by trees, it is also a naturally beautiful location. The water welling forth from six holes in Erihara has been selected as one of the 100 most renowned spring waters in Japan. Many ascetic practitioners come to train in the waters of the nearby Misogi Falls.

Mie Areas

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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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