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Shinyakushiji
The main hall and the Twelve Divine Generals are National Treasures. Empress Komyo built it praying for Emperor Shomu's recovery.
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Tamukeyama Hachimangu
Its deity was invited from Usa as the guardian of Todaiji. Known from a poem by Sugawara no Michizane.
NaraShrines & TemplesUda
Gojunoto (Muroji)
The smallest five-storey pagoda standing outdoors in Japan, at 16 metres.
Uda
Butsuryuji
Among the oldest tea plants in Japan survive here. Known for its thousand-year cherry.
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Koyasan Kongobuji
The 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 & TemplesTanabe
Kumano Hongu Taisha
The 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.
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Kumano Hayatama Taisha
One of the three Kumano shrines. Many of its sacred treasures are designated National Treasures.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesNachikatsuura
Kumano Nachi Taisha
Nachi 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.
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Seigantoji
The 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.
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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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Konpon Daito
About 49 metres tall. Its interior is a mandala rendered in three dimensions.
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Danjo Garan
The area Kukai laid out first. Halls and pagodas stand around the golden hall.
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Nachi no Taki
A drop of 133 metres. The fall itself is the deity of Hiro Jinja, which has no hall at all.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesShingu
Kamikura Jinja
A giant rock at the top of 538 steep stone steps. At the Oto festival men run down carrying torches.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesNachikatsuura
Daimonzaka
A paved stretch of the Nakahechi route of the Kumano Kodo, running through an avenue of cedars.
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Fudarakusanji
The 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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Hakodate Hachimangu · Shrine
Koryuji · Temple