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Nachi Falls (那智滝, Nachi no Taki) in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is one of the best-known waterfalls in Japan. With a drop of 133 meters (and 13 meters wide), [1] it is the tallest waterfall with a single uninterrupted drop in Japan (although Japan also disputes Russia's right to Iturup Island, which has the 141 m high Ilya Muromets Waterfall); however, the tallest Japanese ...
The Kumano Kodō (熊野古道) is a series of ancient pilgrimage routes that crisscross the Kii Peninsula, the largest peninsula of Japan.These mountainous trails are used by pilgrims to the "Kumano Sanzan" (熊野三山) - the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano: Kumano Hongū Taisha (熊野本宮大社), Kumano Nachi Taisha (熊野那智大社) and Kumano Hayatama Taisha (熊野速玉大社).
The Hondō (main temple) was built to enshrine this image which became the focus of the Nachi Kannon cult and is the image that is enshrined in the present Nyorindō. In 988 Emperor Kazan (花山天皇) (968-1008) visited the Kumano area on his first pilgrimage and, being deeply moved by the image of Kannon, he declared this Temple One of the ...
Kumano Nachi Taisha (熊野那智大社) is a Shinto shrine and part of the UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range of Japan. The Kumano Kodō route connects it to other sites under the same classification, which are primarily located in Wakayama Prefecture , Japan.
That’s up more than 32 % from the 50, 310 visitors from Japan who came in July 2023, but still down 50 % from July 2019, when 134, 587 visitors from Japan came to Hawaii. Japan returned more ...
A Kumano shrine (熊野神社, Kumano Jinja) is a type of Shinto shrine which enshrines the three Kumano mountains: Hongū, Shingū, and Nachi [Kumano Gongen (熊野権現)]. [1] There are more than 3,000 Kumano shrines in Japan , and each has received its kami from another Kumano shrine through a process of propagation called bunrei ( 分霊 ...
Nachikatsuura town hall. Nachikatsuura (那智勝浦町, Nachikatsuura-chō) is a town located in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 14,420 in 7,622 households and a population density of 79 persons per km 2. [1]
Fudōnanae Falls (不動七重滝, Fudōnanae-no-taki) Shimokitayama: 64 Sasa Falls (笹の滝, Sasa-no-taki) Totsukawa: 65 Naka Falls (中の滝, Naka-no-taki) Kamikitayama: 66 Nachi Falls (那智滝, Nachi-no-taki) Wakayama Prefecture: Nachikatsuura: 67 Kuwanoki Falls (桑ノ木の滝, Kuwanoki-no-taki) Shingū: 68 Haso Falls (八草の滝 ...