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Kokawadera
The dry landscape garden before the main hall is a Place of Scenic Beauty.
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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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Hiro Hachimangu
A place tied to Hamaguchi Goryo, who saved the villagers from a tsunami. The shrine halls are Important Cultural Properties.
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Niutsuhime Jinja
Said to have ceded the land of Koyasan to Kukai. An arched bridge crosses the water.
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Choishimichi
About 24 kilometres from Jisonin to Koyasan, with a stone marker at every cho along the way.
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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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Fudaraku Tokai
The boat was nailed shut from outside and set out for the southern sea. A reconstruction is on display.
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Hakuto Jinja
Held to be the setting of the White Hare of Inaba in the Kojiki. Okuninushi helped a hare whose skin had been stripped off by sharks, and that hare then brought Okuninushi and Yagamihime together. That is why it is counted among the oldest matchmaking shrines in Japan. The stage of the myth is right there on the map.
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Mitokusan Sanbutsuji
The Nageiredo at its inner sanctuary is a National Treasure: a hall wedged into a hollow in a sheer cliff, and no one knows how it was built. Reaching it means climbing by chain, and you are not allowed up alone.
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Ogamiyama Jinja Okumiya
Its approach, paved with natural stone, runs about 700 metres and is said to be the longest in Japan. A place of mountain worship, facing Mount Daisen itself.
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Sanbutsuji Sando
You go up the chain sections on all fours. The rule is that you may not enter alone.
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