Yatagarasu Post Box
"This is located a 60-minute drive from the Kumano-Odamari Interchange on the Kisei Expressway via National Routes 42 311 and 168. It is a black post box set up under the sacred tree, Tarayo, of Kumano Hongu Shrine. Black is a sacred color, the sum of all colors, the color of Yatagarasu, the big legendary crow with three legs, said to be the incarnation and messenger of the god, and the color that symbolizes the ground that the shrine stands. The Japanese word for ""postcard"" (""hagaki"") means ""leaf writing,"" and it comes from the idea that people wrote on the underside of the leaves of Tarayo with their fingernails. The shrine office sells Yatagarasu Post votive plaques that can be sent through the mail as postcards and will provide commemorative stamps for travelers' albums."
Spot details
- Address
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Wakayama Tanabe-shi Hongucho Hongu 1110 Kumano Hongu Taisha
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- Phone
- 0735420009
- Hours
- [Worship times]7:00-17:00
- Closed
- open everyday
- Fees
- [Admission fee to worship]Free
- Parking Lot
- Available(Grounds40spaces, Riverbed600spaces)
- Credit Card
- Not available
- Smoking
- Not available
- Wi-Fi
- Not available
- Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day
- Yes
- Average budget
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[Lunch] 1-1,000 yen
[Night] 1-1,000 yen - Estimated stay time
- 0-30 minutes
- Pet friendly
- Yes (Only carrying is allowed inside the shrine gate)
Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN
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