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WakayamaShrines & TemplesThe head temple of the Shingon school, opened by Kukai. Along the approach to the inner sanctuary stand some 200,000 graves, from Sengoku warlords to ordinary townspeople. Lords who were enemies in life sometimes lie side by side.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesThe centre of the three Kumano shrines. There are almost no other cases in the world of a pilgrimage road itself becoming World Heritage. Being far from Kyoto and Nara is precisely where the value lies, because leaving the everyday world behind was the whole point.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesOne of the three Kumano shrines. Many of its sacred treasures are designated National Treasures.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesNachi Falls drops about 133 metres, and the fall itself is the deity. With Seiganto-ji next door, it keeps the form of a faith in which gods and buddhas ran together.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesThe first temple of the Saigoku 33 Kannon pilgrimage. Known for the view of its three-storey pagoda against Nachi Falls, it keeps the form of a faith in which gods and buddhas ran together.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesTwo jingu stand side by side in one precinct. One of the few shrines that may call itself jingu.
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WakayamaShrines & TemplesAbout 49 metres tall. Its interior is a mandala rendered in three dimensions.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesThe area Kukai laid out first. Halls and pagodas stand around the golden hall.
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WakayamaShrines & TemplesA drop of 133 metres. The fall itself is the deity of Hiro Jinja, which has no hall at all.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesA giant rock at the top of 538 steep stone steps. At the Oto festival men run down carrying torches.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesA paved stretch of the Nakahechi route of the Kumano Kodo, running through an avenue of cedars.
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WakayamaShrines & TemplesThe starting point of the Fudaraku crossings, in which a monk was sealed into a boat and set adrift towards the southern sea.
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WakayamaShrines & TemplesThe dry landscape garden before the main hall is a Place of Scenic Beauty.
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WakayamaShrines & TemplesIt enshrines the deity of waka poetry. A scenic spot sung of in the Manyoshu.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesYou climb the 108 steps of the Samurai Slope. It is called the Nikko of the Kansai region.
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