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Mount Yoshino (吉野山, Yoshino-yama) is the general name for the mountain ridge that stretches from the south bank of the Yoshino River in the town of Yoshino central Nara Prefecture, Japan, to the Ōmine Mountains, stretching for about eight kilometers from north-to-south, or the broader name of the area dotted with shrines and temples, centered around Kinpusen-ji Temple.
Yoshino-Kumano National Park (吉野熊野国立公園, Yoshino-Kumano Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park comprising several non-contiguous areas of Mie, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures, in the Kansai region of Japan.
Yoshimizu Shrine (吉水神社, Yoshimizu-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino in Yoshino district, Nara, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Go-Daigo, and the samurai Kusunoki Masashige. In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. In ...
Area Cultural asset Type Location Picture Yoshino and Ōmine Mount Yoshino (吉野山, Yoshino-yama): Mountain Yoshino-chō, Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken: Yoshino and Ōmine Yoshino Mikumari Shrine (吉野水分神社, Yoshino-mikumari-jinja)
The Miyataki site located on a river terrace 570 meters east-to-west and 300 meters north-to-south formed on the north bank of the meandering part of the Yoshino River upstream of the Kino River. Archaeological excavations from 1930 to 1939, and almost annual excavations since 1975, have been carried out to reveal the full extent of the site.
Yoshino Mikumari Shrine (吉野水分神社, Yoshino Mikumari-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino in Yoshino district, Nara, Japan. [1] It is closely associated with Emperor Go-Daigo. The Shrine is dedicated to mikumari [Wikidata], a female Shinto kami associated with water, fertility and safe birth.
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The Ōmine Okugakemichi (大峯奥駈道, lit. “deep inner path of the grand peaks”) is a pilgrimage route on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region of Japan. It begins in Yanagi-no-shuku, a former ferry station on the Yoshino River in Nara prefecture, leads through the 1200-1900 meter Ōmine mountain region of Yoshino and Kumano in Wakayama Prefecture and ends after about 170 kilometers ...