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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 ...
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.
The temple was purposely built near Nachi Falls, where it may have previously been a site of nature worship. Seiganto-ji, part of the Kumano Sanzan shrine complex, is one of the few remaining jingū-ji or shrine temples following the forcible separation of Shinto and Buddhism during the Meiji restoration .
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 ...
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).
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Kumano Nachi Taisha (熊野那智大社, Kumano Nachi Taisha) Shinto shrine Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken Kumano Sanzan: Seiganto-ji (青岸渡寺, Seiganto-ji) Tendai Buddhist temple Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken Kumano Sanzan
They may be host to shinboku (sacred trees), or Iwakura rocks [3] They may have shimenawa, torii, and sandō marking the path towards them. [citation needed]Shrines dedicated to kannabi often lack a honden or haiden, and instead enshrine the natural kannabi as deities.