Kumano_Hayatama_Taisha

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan


Kumano Hayatama Taisha (熊野速玉大社) is a Shinto shrine located in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on the shores of the Kumanogawa in the Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". The three Kumano Sanzan shrines are the Sōhonsha ("head shrines") of all Kumano shrines, lie at between 20 and 40 km of distance one from the other and are connected by the pilgrimage route known as "Kumano Sankeimichi" (熊野参詣道).[1]

Quick Facts (熊野速玉大社), Religion ...
Haiden
Suzumon

See also


Notes

  1. Sacred site "Kumano Sanzan"

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