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A shrine partway up Mount Kamikura in Shingu, held to be where the Kumano deity first descended, at the top of 538 stone steps.
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Kamikura Shrine (Kamikura-jinja, Kannokura-jinja) is a shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. It is an auxiliary shrine of Kumano Hayatama Taisha, one of the Kumano Sanzan. Its precincts are part of the National Historic Site 'Kumano Sanzan' and part of the World Heritage Site 'Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.' Kamikura Shrine is an auxiliary shrine of Kumano Hayatama Taisha. It is enshrined on Mt. Kamikura (Kamikurasan, Kannokurayama, elevation 120 meters), a branch peak of Mt. Chihogamine in the northwest of central Shingu, and the outer edge of the precincts is immediately a sheer cliff.
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