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Kumano Shrine (熊野神社, Kumano-jinja) is a historic Shinto shrine in the Miyauchi neighborhood of the city of Nan'yō, Yamagata, in the Tohoku region of northern...

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)]...

Yudonosan Shrine Hagurosan Shrine Haguro Shrine (Yonezawa) Kinpō Shrine Kumano Shrine Saikan Torigoe Hachiman Shrine Tsukioka Shrine Uesugi Shrine Yamagata Prefecture...

Nakagawa. Miyauchi is famous for its chrysanthemum festival and the Kumano-taisha Shrine, and includes the former villages of Urushiyama, Yoshino, and Kaneyama...

Yuzankaku, Inc. Shinjo, Tsunezo (1949). 社寺と交通 熊野詣でと伊勢参り [Shrines and Transportation, Kumano Pilgrimage and Ise Pilgrimage] (in Japanese). Shibundo Co...

Nan'yō The Kumano-taisha Shrine is one of the three great Kumano Shrines in Japan, whose origins date back to the 9th century. Every July, the shrine is the...

Kanagawa = Kamakura in Sagami province Kanegazaki Shrine: Tsuruga, Fukui = Tsuruga in Echizen province Kumano Nachi Taisha: Nachikatsuura, Wakayama = Nachi...

an effort to retain community spirits they have restarted the annual Kumano Shrine festival[when?], and have organised a number of community sports and...

A Beppyo Shrine Beppyō Jinja (別表神社) is a category of Shinto shrine, as defined by the Association of Shinto Shrines. They are considered to be remarkable...

Yoshimizu Shrine, Yoshino Mikumari Shrine, etc. They are parts of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (WHS). Shingū – Kumano Hayatama...

station on the Yamagata Railway from 25 October 1988, and was renamed to its present name on the same day. Mogami River Kumano Shrine National Route 113...

Yoshino-Kumano National Park, a Japanese national park comprising areas of Mie, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures Yoshino Mikumari Shrine, a Shinto shrine located...

Nabezou's weapon. Nachi (那智) The son and heir of the head priest of the Kumano Shinto shrine. Nachi runs across Sarasa while hunting the largest whale in the...

on the east side of Kii Peninsula and to battle westward. They reached Kumano, and, with the guidance of a three-legged crow, Yatagarasu ("eight-span...

also located in northern Honshu, along the west coast, spanning Niigata, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures. Most of Japan's copper, lead, zinc and chromite...

prewar Hiroshima following the atomic bombing in 1945; The Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima, famed for filling with water and appearing to "float" during...

kagura (神楽, lit. 'god entertainment') are dances associated with Shinto shrines. There have been 40 designations, all under Criteria 1, unless otherwise...

yamabushi, male monks who were encountered during popular pilgrimages to the Kumano mountains in the 9th–10th centuries.: 2  These monks had wives who traveled...

on a chicken farm in Jōsō, Ibaraki. July 15: Two tankers collide in the Kumano Sea, with one bursting into flames, resulting in one death. August 8: Postal...

and Bishamonten (armor). Hōju-ji (宝珠寺) – (Onogawamachi, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture) – Shingon (Daigo-ha) Popularly known as Kinoe-ne Daikokuten...