is a Shinto shrine located in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on the shores of the Kumanogawa in the Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". The three Kumano Sanzan shrines are the Sōhonsha ("head shrines") of all Kumano shrines, lie at between 20 and 40 km of distance one from the other and are connected by the pilgrimage route known as .Sacred site "Kumano Sanzan"

See also List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-others) List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) Sacred Nagi Tree of Kumano Hayatama Taisha

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References Kumano Sanzan accessed on December 1, 2008 Kumano Hayatama Taisha accessed on December 1, 2008 Sacred site "Kumano Sanzan" accessed on June 12, 2008

External links Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau