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JAPAN

Japan is situated in northeastern Asia between the North Pacific and the Sea of Japan. The area of Japan is 377,873 square kilometers, nearly equivalent to Germany and Switzerland combined or slightly smaller than California. Japan consists of four major islands, surrounded by more than 4,000 smaller islands.
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JNTO TRAVEL PLANNER

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Shrines and Temples

Wakayama

Kumano Nachi-taisha Shrine

Kumano Nachi-taisha Shrine, located in Nachi-Katsuura-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, ranks alongside the Kumano Hongu-taisha Shrine and Kumano Hayatama-taisha Shrine in importance and is regarded as one of the Kumano Sanzan (Three Grand Shrines of Kumano). From the earliest times, people worshipped the Great Falls of Nachi as a deity, and Onamuchi-no-Mikoto as the god of the founding of the country. This shrine is supposed to have been built in 317 at its present site near the falls. As proof of the strong faith of the Imperial Family, it is recorded that the Emperor Uda visited the shrine in 907. The Nachi-no-Hi-Matsuri (Nachi Fire Festival), a divine event using pine torches, takes place every July.

Address
1 Nachi-san, Nachi-Katsuura-cho, Higashi-Muro-gun, Wakayama

Admission Fee
Free in the shrine precinctsShinpo-kan (Treasury Hall): 500 yen (regular fee)

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Directions
JR Kii-Katsuura Stn./Bus/30-min. ride/Jinja-Otera-mae Stop/15-min. walk

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