Spiritual places with history and nature in Shingu

Shingu City, a city of Wakayama, which is blessed with nature, is located at the mouth of the Kumano River, and is a popular area with many sightseeing spots to experience nature and history combined, such as shrines registered as World Heritage Sites and spiritual places with extraordinary histories. Go on a one-day trip to feel recharged and get in touch with nature and culture.

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Update 2023.08.07

DAY1

2018-03-26
- Kamikura-jinja Shrine
  
  10:00
- Toho jaya
  
  11:15
- Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine
  
  12:15
- Naka Kori-ten
  
  13:30
- Kawayu Onsen
  
  15:00

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DAY1

- Kamikura-jinja Shrine
  
  10:00
  
  60min
  
  Shrine
  
  (Provided by service)A Shinto shrine located in 1 Chome Kamikura, Shingu City. Situated on sacred ground where the god Kumano Omikami first descended to Earth. The Kodobiki Boulder, considered a sacred natural object and deity, is also located on the shrine grounds at the top of over 5000 natural stone steps. The Oto Matsuri, held each year on February 6, is an unusual festival in which white robed men carrying torches lit with a sacred flame run down a series of stone steps. The festival is designated an Important Intangible Folk-Cultural Property.
  
  Address
  
  Wakayama Pref. Shingushi Kamikura 1-13-8
  
  World Heritage in Wakayama
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  - Kamikura-jinja Shrine
- Car
  
  15min
- Toho jaya
  
  11:15
  
  45min
  
  Local Cuisine
  
  (Provided by service)This longstanding shop offers local Japanese cuisine and sushi with a focus on seafood, including Pacific saury, whale, and more. Located in Yokomachi, Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture, its flagship item is “narezushi” made from salted saury that is pickled together with rice and fermented. This delicacy features a viscous texture and unique smell, sourness, and flavor. There’s also narezushi that has been liquefied like yogurt and kept for 30 years that goes well with sake.
  
  Address
  
  Wakayama Pref. Shingushi Yokomachi 2-2-12
  - Toho jaya
  - Toho jaya
- Car
  
  15min
- Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine
  
  12:15
  
  60min
  
  Shrine
  
  (Provided by service)One of the Three Head Kumano Shrines which serve as the headquarters of all Kumano shrines nationwide, rare and unusual festivals are held here, such as the Torch Festival, which involves men dressed in white garb carrying lit torches and racing down the shrine’s steep stone steps. A central location in the Kumano faith, which seeks to achieve self-enlightenment through penance conducted along the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, the shrine is dedicated to the god Kumano Hayatama. The shrine also worships Ketsumiko no okami and Fusumi no okami, and houses and displays some 1,200 ancient treasures, including designated National Treasures. A great nagi tree over 1,000 years old spreads its branches over the grounds, and the shrine’s charms for providing luck with love and marriage are made with nagi seeds.
  
  Address
  
  Wakayama Pref. Shingushi Shingu 1
  
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  - Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine
- Car
  
  15min
- Naka Kori-ten
  
  13:30
  
  30min
  
  Candy Store
  
  (Provided by service)A shaved ice specialty shop located in Shingu, Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture which is famous not just among local children but also fans around the country. Old-fashioned in appearance with tables and chairs set up out front, an air of the bygone Showa era emanates from the shop. The shop uses water from a pure Wakayama stream, selected as one of the 100 most famous in Japan in the Heisei period, which is slowly frozen over several days to create ice equal to any natural ice; this is then thinly shaved to create a delicate, icy treat. The most popular item on the menu is the matcha milk kintoki, made with matcha green tea and sweet adzuki beans; visitors love the heaping helping of syrup and the light sweetness of the beans.
  
  Address
  
  Wakayama Pref. Shingushi Shingu 551-12
  - Naka Kori-ten
- Car
  
  60min
- Kawayu Onsen
  
  15:00
  
  60min
  
  Address
  
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- FINISH
  
  16:00