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Hinokuma Jingu / Kunikakasu Jingu
Two jingu stand side by side in one precinct. One of the few shrines that may call itself jingu.
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Tamatsushima Jinja
It enshrines the deity of waka poetry. A scenic spot sung of in the Manyoshu.
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Kishu Toshogu
You climb the 108 steps of the Samurai Slope. It is called the Nikko of the Kansai region.
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Awashima Jinja
A deity who cures the illnesses of women. Dedicated dolls fill the whole precinct.
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Idakiso Jinja
It enshrines the deity of trees, held to be the origin of the name Kii, the land of trees.
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Wakayama-jo
The seat of the Kishu Tokugawa, one of the three branch houses. The keep is a reconstruction.
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Tomogashima
Meiji-era gun batteries lie buried in the forest. It is called the Laputa island.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Among Japan's great print collections, in a Kurokawa building of stacked tile-like eaves beside the castle.
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Wakayama Prefectural Museum
The twin of the art museum next door, built around Kumano pilgrimage material and the Kishu Tokugawa collection.
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Kishu Chests
Built in paulownia with almost no metal; the fit is so tight that pushing one drawer pushes another out.
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Kishu Tokugawa Furnishings
Furnishings made for one of the three Tokugawa houses; the wedding sets were designed as a single coordinated suite.
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Kilns of Kishu
Several kilns nurtured by the Kishu domain survive, among them a celadon imitation made for the lord's own use.
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Tomogashima Fortifications
Meiji brick gun batteries left on an island, now overgrown - engineering become ruin landscape.