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Takijirioji

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Nakahechichoukurisugawa 1226

Located at a spot where the Tonda River and Ishiburi River meet, this course leads to the holy “Kumano Sanzan” shrines. The “Uwadawa Chaya Ato” site is about 600 meters above ground at the end of a steep path. This shrine is one of the “Gotai Oji,” which are the most distinguished of the “Kyujukyu Oji” (99 Grand Shrines).
Danjo Garan Temple

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Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 152

Together with the Okunoin, one of the two most sacred sites on holy Mt. Koya. It is also the first site where the famed monk Kukai began building in order to erect his main dojo for his esoteric Shingon teachings. The temple is comprised of 19 buildings, including the Konpon Daito tower, the symbol of the temple; the main temple hall, and Goeido hall. The main temple hall, located in the center of the grounds, is the central temple nave of Mt. Koya and almost all of the most important ceremonies on the mountain are conducted here. The temple’s principle object of worship is a figure of Bhaisajyaguru; this statue is a hidden image and is not displayed to the general public.
Sangenjaya-ato

3.5

3 Reviews

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Wakayama prefecture Tanabe-shi Imonomiya

This historic site is located at the junction of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route's Nakahechi Trail and the Kohechi Trail (Hatenashi Trail) that connects Koyasan to Kumano. Three tea houses once stood there, and today the new building acts as a rest stop along the way. A stone signpost from the Edo period stands right nearby. It provides directions for those coming from Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine, and is carved with expressions used in Japan's feudal era. There's evidence it also used to be a barrier station. It's now being restored, modeled after the gate at the Kukigakuchi Checkpoint.

中辺路と、高野山と熊野を結ぶ熊野古道小辺路の分岐点にあり、名のとおりかつて三軒の茶屋があって賑わっていたという。現在は休憩所が整備されていて、トイレもある。「右かうや十九り半左きみい寺三十一り半」と刻んだ振り分け石の道標が立っているが、写真のように、劣化していて、分かっていないと、そうは読めないです。かつては九鬼ヶ口という関所でもあった。そして、行き交う者は10文を払って、通行手形を受け...
Oyunohara

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Honguchouhongu

"Oyunohara is a historic location that was the original site of the Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine in Hongu Town, Wakayama Prefecture. The shrine was situated on a sandbank at the confluence of the Kumano River, the Otonashi River and the Iwada River. In Japan, Torii gateways are used to mark the boundary between sacred areas and the mundane world; Oyunohara is notable for its huge Torii gate, which is 34m high (roughly the height of an 11-story building). This area is linked to the story of the Yatagarasu, a raven that guided Emperor Jimmu when he was lost in the mountains of Kumano, and Yata Fire Festival is held here every year in August. Oyunohara's connection with a mystical event in which humans were guided towards happiness attracts many visitors to this ""power spot"" (a place that is believed to bestow power on the visitor)."
Fushiogami-Oji ato

5.0

1 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Honguchoufushiogami

"This historic site is along the Nakahechi Trail, part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route. The name is said to come from pilgrims walking the trail via Hosshinmon-Oji and Mizunomi-Oji. When they arrived at Fushiogami-Oji, Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine finally came into view, and the pilgrims would fall down in reverence. Today you can see Oyunohara at the spot where Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine once stood. There is a small shrine at Fuhiogami-Oji, as well as a memorial to the Heian Period (794–1185) poet Shikibu Izumi who stopped there to pray. Another must-see is the nearby house and tea field used as a shooting location for the NHK drama ""Honmamon."" "

山里の茶畑を見ながら進み、草原を抜けると有人の茶屋があります。茶屋前の石段を上がると伏拝王子です。昔はここから本宮大社が見え、巡礼者が喜んで拝んだことから名付けられたそうです。場所が変わったので、現在、大社は見えませんが、熊野の山が連なる景色がすばらしいです。和泉式部の供養塔？があり、言い伝えから熊野権現は身分も性別も分け隔てなく受け入れる、大らかな神様だと分かります。お茶屋では...
Tomyo-zaki Point Lookout Site

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Wakayama Higashimuro-gun Taijicho
Zenmyoshoin Temple (Sanada-an)

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Wakayama Pref. Itogunkudoyamachou Kudoyama 1413

This temple was built on the ruins of a residence where two major generals of the Sengoku period, Sanada Masayuki and Sanada Yukimura, were said to have hidden. It was erected in the mid-Edo period in 1741 by Saint Taian. The main statue is of Koyasu Enmei Jizo Bosatsu, and the temple grounds contain a building with Sanada artifacts as well as Masayuki’s tomb. Peonies bloom everywhere in the spring, and the temple gets crowded as the endpoint for the warrior procession that takes place during the “Sanada matsuri.”
Chikatsuyu-oji

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Nakahechichouchikatsuyu Kitano 906-1

This is a section of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route and is one of the “99 Grand Shrines.” There are records of retired Emperor Gotoba holding tanka poetry gatherings here, and there is a “prince monument” that was built in 1934.
Gyuba-doji Statue

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Wakayama prefecture Tanabe-shi Naka-ebokicho Tsugawa River 2430-39

Standing quietly at the Hashiori Pass is the approximately 50 centimeter tall Gyuba-doji Statue. Gyuba-doji literally means “ox, horse, child” and as the name suggests, the statue of the small figure straddling the ox and horse is pretty and symbolic of Nakahechi (one of the Kumano-kodo, old pilgrimage routes). Not surprisingly it is a popular place for photographs.
Cenotaph of Turkish Warship Distress

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Wakayama Pref. Higashimurogunkushimotochou Kashino

This memorial is dedicated to victims of the frigate Ertugrul that was shipwrecked in 1890. It's located near the Kashinozaki Lighthouse on Kii Oshima Island at the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula. The Turkish Memorial Hall that holds a memorial service every five years is also at the site. It recalls the sinking of the Ottoman Empire's frigate Ertugrul in the ocean to the east of Kashinozaki Cape that took over 500 lives. The residents of Oshima Village (in modern Kushimoto-cho) helped the survivors and provided them with care. As the former Ottoman Empire was based in modern Turkey, the incident became a cornerstone of Japanese-Turkish friendship.
Yunomine-oji ato

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Honguchouyunomine

"Yunomine Oji is one of the ninety-nine oji (princes) enshrined as the Son of Kumano no Kami (deity), and is part of the World Heritage Site ""Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountains"". It is located about five minutes up a mountain road from Yunomine Onsen ""Tsuboyu"". It is also mentioned in the legend of the Hangan Oguri, who is said to have recovered from a serious illness thanks to the blessings of a Kumano pilgrimage and the medicinal properties of the Yunomine Onsen."
Saigyodo Hall and Grave of Saigyo's Wife and Daughter

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Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Shimoamano

Saigyodo Halls are temporary residences used by the late-Heian period Buddhist monk Saigyo to shelter himself from the weather. There are several located across Japan. The Saigyodo Hall located on the side of Prefectural Route 109 in Amano, Wakayama Prefecture is traditionally believed to have been the place where Saigyo lived with his wife and daughter. The current building is a reproduction built in 1986. It is said that Saigyo established a hermitage here sometime around 1142 with his family, who lived the rest of their lives here. Their grave is located next to the hall. It is said that monks and worshipers visiting Mt. Koya have long visited the grave to honor the memory of Saigyo's wife and daughter.
Yokobue no Koizuka

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Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Shimoamano

This mound in Amano no Sato, Wakayama was built to honor the memory of Yokobue. Yokobue was a woman who served Kenreimonin (the daughter of Taira no Kiyomori) and appeared in Chapter 10 of the Tale of the Heike. Saito Tokiyori, a retainer of Taira no Shigemori, won her heart with his transverse flute playing, but the star-crossed couple would be torn apart because of the difference in their station. Tokiyori later became a monk and changed his name to Takiguchi Nyudo. Yokobue herself later become a nun and established a hermitage in the area where she lived until dying at the age of 19. A stone monument next to the mound is engraved with a poem she composed. There is a legend in Koyasan that the deceased Yokobue was finally able to be reunited with Takiguchi Nyudo after being reborn as a bush warbler.
Hinnyo no Itto, Grave of Oteru

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Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Kamiamano

The Torodo (Lantern Hall) at Koyasan Okunoin Temple has a lantern that has remained lit for nearly a millennium. It is said that a young girl named Oteru sold her hair to donate the lantern as a memorial to her adoptive parents. A small grave and stone memorial dedicated to Oteru still exists in a corner of Amano no Sato, Katsuragi Town. The temple's memorial tower was built by Nyoshunni in 1682. It is said that a monk from Amano named Joi subjected himself to the austerity of vicarious suffering for ten years in 1688 in order to save women from suffering. A stone memorial was built later.
Katsuragikan

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Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Koyaguchicho Nagura 1053

This three-story wooden former inn is located in front of JR Koyaguchi Station on the JR Wakayama Line. The building has been preserved just as it was when it served tired travelers to Mt. Koya long ago. The building's sangawara tiled hip-and-gable main roof features a chidorihafu (dormer gable) and nokikarahafu (undulating gable at the eave ends), giving it a stately appearance. Its copper-plated eaves and the all-glass shutters on the second and third floors of its front and eastern walls strike a marvelous harmony with the stately look of the roof. The wooden plate called Kohuda left behind by regular customers of the former inn that remain in its front entrance give clues about its past prosperity.
Tanabe Castle Sluice Gate

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Wakayama Tanabe-shi Kamiyashiki 3-7

"This is located about a five-minute drive from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway via National Route 42. It is the remains of the sluice gate for Tanabe Castle, which was also referred as Kinsuijo, or ""Brocade Water Castle."" It was built during the Edo Period (1615-1867) by Ando Naotsugu, the lord of the Tanabe fief, a so-called ""flat castle"" without any towers or other tall structures, surrounded by an inner and outer moat. The sluice gate is near the mouth of the Aizugawa River, and in former times, it was used as the entrance and exit to the river, but all that is left today are stone fences. The surroundings are set aside as a park, which has become a recreation area for city residents."
National Historical Site Hiromura Teibo

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Wakayama Arida-gun Hirogawacho Hiro 1267

This breakwater has been designated a National Historic Site. After the 1854 Nankai Earthquake, local Goryo Hamaguchi paid out of his own pocket to build it. Some 600-meter-long, five-meter high, and around 20 meter-width at the base, the oceanside breakwater is part of a system of multiple tsunami defenses. To build it, Goryo paid a 56,736 villagers daily wages which in total came to 1,572 ryo coins, preventing the dispersal of the disaster-stricken villagers after the tsunami generated by the earthquake devastated the area. Visitors who apply at the Inamura no Hi no Yakata can receive a guided tour of the breakwater along with the Taikyu-sha academy founded by Goryo and a statue depicting Goryo.
Jinzo Benkeinozo

4.0

34 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Minato 655 Compete Kei shrine

地図を見ると駅から少し離れていると思ったのですが、実際に訪れると徒歩で数分の場所でした。週末の昼下がりに参拝したところ境内は静かで、観光客や地元の参拝者も僅かでした。
Nachi Otaki

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Wakayama Higashimuro-gun Nachikatsuuracho
Gun battery ruins

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Miyama

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Wakayama Areas

Wakayama prefecture unites pilgrims, food lovers, and culture buffs in a tranquil corner of Japan at the base of the Kii Peninsula. The setting for many a Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail, Wakayama invites those in search of spirituality from one side of the prefecture to the other, from the 100-plus Buddhist temples of the sacred Mount Koya in the west to the inspiring temples of the Kumano Sanzan set among breathtaking nature in the east. Once the grueling hike is complete, make a beeline for Wakayama city to savor some of the country’s most delicious ramen noodles.