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  • Niutsuhime Shrine
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    4.5
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    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkatsuragichou Kamiamano 230
    You’ll find this shrine along Prefectural Route 4 in Kamiamano, Katsuragi Town. Niutsuhime’s child is enshrined here, and it is said that Takanomiko, enshrined in the second hall, transformed into a hunter and led Kobo Daishi to Mt. Koya, who then borrowed Niutsuhime’s holy land to erect a shrine atop the mountain and teach the secrets of Shingon esoteric Buddhism. It is customary to worship here before ascending Mt. Koya.

    This is the obligatory stop for the travels up the Mt Koya. You pray and appease the local mountain deity. There are old cedar trees, and of course the bridge. The temple design is regular shinto.

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  • Niu Kanshobu-jinja Shrine
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    3.5
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    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkudoyamachou Jisonin 835
    This shrine is located in Jison-in in Kudoyama Town and was built in 816 by Kobo-Daishi (Kukai). Legend has it that he was guided to Mt. Koya by Kariba Myojin’s white and black dogs, and these dogs are now worshiped as divine messengers who guide the living. The area was designated a World Heritage Site in 2004 called the “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.”

    ご祭神は、丹生都比売大神、高野御子大神、大食都比売大神、市杵島比売大神、天照大御神、誉田別大神、天児屋根大神で旧郷社とのことです。 慈尊院の奥にあります。ユネスコの世界遺産『紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道』の構成資産の一部です。119段の石段の途中に町石・百八十町石があります。空海が創建したとのことです。

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  • Kokawa Ubusuna Shrine
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    3.5
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    Wakayama Kinokawa Kokawa 2788
    This shrine is located on the grounds of Kokawadera Temple about a 10-minute drive from the Kinokawa Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway. It is believed to have originated when the tutelary deities of each of the villages in the manor of Kamagaki were ceremonially relocated and enshrined here upon Kokawadera Temple's founding in the year 770. The gorgeous Kasuga-zukuristyle temple building was constructed during the Edo period. A sutra mound was excavated from Mt. Fumozan, the mountain located behind the shrine. The Kokawa Matsuri held on the last weekend of July is one of the three biggest festivals of Kishu, the old name of Wakayama Prefecture. The festival features a ceremony called Togyo-shiki, which is said to convey the scene of the victorious return of Otomo no Funanushi, the son of the Kokawadera Temple's founder Otomo no Kushiko, from the conquest of Oshu Province in northern Japan, is held according to the ancient ceremony..

    粉河寺本堂を正面に見れば左側面から階段を登ります。ご祭神は、人々が主に狩猟にて生活していた時代に農耕を教え文化的な生活を教えたとのことです。多くの摂社も境内に在りました。

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  • Sumida Hachiman Shrine
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    3.5
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    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Sudacho Tarui 622
    This shrine built on the order of Emperor Kinmei in the year 859 is located about a two-minute drive from Hashimoto-higashi Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway. The Jinbutsuga Zokyo mirror, a national treasure that is Japan's oldest inscribed metal object, was passed down from generation to generation by the shrine. Although the original is stored at the Tokyo National Museum, a massive stone monument to the mirror is installed on the shrine's grounds. The shrine also possesses the historical document called Suda-bunsho, designated as an Important Cultural Asset of the Prefecture. The autumn festival held at the shrine each October has been designated as a Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Asset. The highlight of the festival is the pulling of the prefecture's biggest festival float.

    読み方は「すみた・すみだ」と云いたくなりますが「すだはちまんじんじゃ」と読みます。 車で行くと本殿横まで行けて、ここでもっとも有名な「人物画象鏡」のレプリカや本殿・拝殿を参拝できてしまうのですが「本当のみどころ」である、石段途中の随神門の天井の龍の絵を忘れずに見てみて下さい。 神社自体は859年の八幡神社を勧請して創立されたと云われており、「人物画象鏡」は443年製と503年製の2つの説があります...

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  • Aritoshi Shrine
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    4 Reviews
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    Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Higashishibuta

    国道沿いにあります、セブンイレブンの交差点から高野山の方へいくとすぐあります。 知恵の神さまです。境内の狛犬もとても印象的でした。

  • Mifune Shrine
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    2 Reviews
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    Wakayama Kinokawa Momoyamacho Koda 101

    桃の産地として有名な桃山町にあります。車でのアクセスには少し不便ですが、桃狩りの季節によってみる価値はあると思います。重要文化財の指定された本殿は一見の価値ありです。

  • Okuninushi Shrine
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    Wakayama Kinokawa Kishigawacho Kunishi

    フラッと出かけるには、少し分かりづらい場所にありました。比較的ゆったりとした境内で、舞台状になった舞殿が印象的でした。

  • Aso Tsu Kuzu Shrine
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    Wakayama Kinokawa Ozunaka 1
  • Higashitanaka Shrine (Former Takebusa Shrine Main Hall)
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    Wakayama Kinokawa Uchita
  • Nishitanaka Shrine
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    Wakayama Kinokawa Nakaisaka
  • Nagoso Ebisu Shrine
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    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Koyaguchicho Nagoso
  • Oda Shrine
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    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Koyaguchicho Oda 76
  • Hokushin Myoken Shrine
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    Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Taki
  • Taki Gokurakuji Temple
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    Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Taki
  • Miyashiromyojinja
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    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan
  • Tomo Buchi Hachiman Shrine
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    Wakayama Kinokawa Nakatomobuchi
  • Houraisan Shrine
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    Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Hagihara 56
  • Ebisu Shrine
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    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Koyaguchicho Nagoso 829
  • Oga Hachiman Shrine
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    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Gomo 237
  • Kamijikihokudaka No Kuchishibu
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    Wakayama Pref. Hashimotoshi Kouyaguchichoufushihara 1209-1
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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.

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