【Recommended for Hatsumode】 A base around Kumano Miyama, famous as a World Heritage Site.

Kumano Miyama, famous as a World Heritage Site

Proposal for New Year's visit at Kumano Miyama

About 50 minutes by car from the hotel, the World Heritage Site Kumano Miyama is located.
Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine, Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, and Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine are collectively called Kumano Miyama, and its history dates back to about 2,000 years ago.

Kumano Miyama

Hongu, Kumano Taisha

It is the total Hongu of 3,000 Kumano Taisha Shrines nationwide, and has the strictest atmosphere among the three companies.
In Kumano Hongu Taisha, the shrine was designated as a national important cultural property in 1995.
As you climb the stone steps of a quiet forest with 158 steps of cedar trees leading to the main shrine, Kumano Hongu Taisha appears.

About 80 minutes by car from the hotel

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Kumano Hayatama Taisha, one of Kumano Miyama, is impressive with its vivid vermilion shrine sits behind the majestic Kumano River.
The gods of Kumano Hayatama Okami and Kumano Sumi Oga, who are said to have deified the movement of water, are the main gods, and twelve gods are enshrined.
The sacred tree towering on the precincts, the millennium-old "Large Nagi" is a symbol of Kumano Gongen and a nationally designated natural monument.

About 50 minutes by car from the hotel

Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine

It is a famous place for Nachi Falls, a World Heritage Site.
The origin is the natural religion that worships Nachi Falls as a god, and the six red-painted shrine and worship hall have a sacred atmosphere.
"Aogishi Toji Temple" adjacent to the east of Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine is the first place of pilgrimage to 33 places in Nishikuni.

About 50 minutes by car from the hotel

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