Part museum, part visitor centre, this contemporary multimedia complex has exhibits about Kumano's culture and natural environment, plus English-speaking staff and resources for travellers.
The Hong奴 Taisha-mae bus stop is here.
香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions
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Oku-no-in, whose name means 'inner sanctuary', is perhaps the most intensely spiritual place in Japan. At its farthest reaches is the 骋辞产测艒, the crypt鈥
10.66 MILES
At 133m, Nachi-no-taki is Japan's highest waterfall. It's the first of many still deeper in the Nachi mountains and has long been used in ascetic training.
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Kumano Hong奴 Taisha is one of the Kumano Sanzan (three great shrines of Kumano) and if you're following the traditional pilgrim route, it's the first one鈥
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The wooden, thatched roof gate here is as far as you can go in Oku-no-in. Beyond it lies the crypt K艒b艒 Daishi entered in 835, never to leave. Pilgrims in鈥
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The name of this temple, which is sometimes called Danjo Garan or Dai Garan, derives from the Sanskrit sa峁単h膩r膩ma, which means monastery. With eight鈥
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The most interesting structure at the Garan is the Konpon Dait艒, a 50m-tall, bright-vermilion pagoda seated at what is considered to be the centre of the鈥
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This is the headquarters of the Shingon sect and the residence of K艒ya-san's abbot. The main gate is the temple's oldest structure (1593); the present鈥
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Built on the side of a mountain, facing the waterfall Nachi-no-taki, this shrine is one of Kii's most spiritual places, a site of ancient nature worship鈥
Nearby Kii Peninsula attractions
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Kumano Hong奴 Taisha is one of the Kumano Sanzan (three great shrines of Kumano) and if you're following the traditional pilgrim route, it's the first one鈥
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In 2000 this giant torii (entrance gate to a Shint艒 shrine) 鈥 33.9m tall and 42m wide, made out of steel, painted dramatic black and the largest in Japan 鈥
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This temple in the middle of Yunomine Onsen is just above Tsubo-yu Onsen, and like many hot springs adjacent to temples, is dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai,鈥
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The last of the five major 艒ji (smaller shrines along the Kumano Kod艒) before Kumano Hong奴 Taisha, 贬辞蝉蝉丑颈苍尘辞苍-艒箩颈 marks the outer limits of the grand鈥
10.66 MILES
At 133m, Nachi-no-taki is Japan's highest waterfall. It's the first of many still deeper in the Nachi mountains and has long been used in ascetic training.
11.38 MILES
Built on the side of a mountain, facing the waterfall Nachi-no-taki, this shrine is one of Kii's most spiritual places, a site of ancient nature worship鈥
11.38 MILES
This wooden temple, absent of colour and next to the Shint艒 shrine Kumano Nachi Taisha, was last rebuilt in 1590, making it the oldest building in Kii 鈥
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Located at the mouth of the Kumano-gawa, Kumano Hayatama Taisha is one of the Kumano Sanzan (three sacred shrines of Kumano), enshrining Hayatama-no-Okami鈥