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Hirogawa
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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WakayamaShrines & TemplesKatsuragi
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.
Nachikatsuura
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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Hashiguiiwa
A line of rocks said to be what remains of Kobo Daishi's attempt to build a bridge in one night.
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Saki no Yu
Muro no Yu, one of the three oldest springs of Japan. It is sung of in the Manyoshu.
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Kumano Kodo
With the Camino de Santiago, one of only two pilgrimage roads in the world inscribed as World Heritage.
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Okunoin Path
Two kilometres of cedars, with over 200,000 gravestones. Sengoku commanders lie there without regard to which side they fought on.
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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.