| 1．Kumano shrine ・ | ||||||
| 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)].[1] There are more than 3,000 Kumano shrines in Japan, and each has received its kami from another Kumano shrine through a process of propagation called bunrei (分霊) or kanjō (勧請). | ||||||
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| 2．Itakiso shrine ・Shinto | ||||||
| Itakiso Shrine (伊太祁曽神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Itakiso neighborhood of the city of Wakayama in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Kii Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on October 15.[1] | ||||||
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| Deity： Isotakeru Festival： October 15 Established： pre-Nara period | ||||||
| 3．Kamayama Shrine ・Shinto | ||||||
| Kamayama Shrine (竈山神社, Kamayama jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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| Deity： Itsuse no Mikoto Festival： October 13. | ||||||
| 4．Kishū Tōshō-gū ・Shinto | ||||||
| Kishū Tōshō-gū (紀州東照宮) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the deified first Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is also known as the Wakayama Tōshō-gū (和歌山東照宮) | ||||||
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| Deity： Tokugawa Ieyasu Festival： Second Sunday in May Type： Tōshō-gū Established： 1621 | ||||||
| 5．Hinokuma Shrine ・Shinto | ||||||
| Hinokuma Shrine (日前神宮, Hinokuma jingu) and Kunikakasu Shrine (國懸神宮, Kunikakasu jingu) is a Shinto shrine complex in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is officially known simply as nichizengū (日前宮). Its main festival is held annually on September 26. It shares the rank of the Ise Grand Shrine in the shinkai system. It was formerly an imperial shrine of the first rank (官幣大社, kanpei taisha) in the modern system of ranked Shinto shrines. It was also formerly the ichinomiya of Kii Province. | ||||||
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| 6．Suda Hachiman Shrine ・ | ||||||
| Suda Hachiman Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture[1][2] formerly Kii Province.[3] It was founded in 859. The Suda Hachiman Shrine Mirror was found there. It is a National treasure of Japan.[4][5] The Shrine is dedicated to Hachiman.[6] Suda Hachiman Shrine is located in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture, and stands as a significant historical and religious site in Japan.[7] | ||||||
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| 7．Kumano Hongū Taisha ・Shinto | ||||||
| Kumano Hongū Taisha (熊野本宮大社) is a Shinto shrine located in the jurisdiction of Tanabe, Wakayama, deep in the rugged mountains of the southeast Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the World Heritage Site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". The main deity enshrined is Kumano Gongen (熊野権現). All of the ancient Kumano Kodō routes lead to the Grand Shrine. | ||||||
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| Deity： Kumano Gongen (熊野権現) | ||||||
| 8．Kumano Hayatama Taisha ・Shinto | ||||||
| Kumano Hayatama Taisha (熊野速玉大社) 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 "Kumano Sankeimichi" (熊野参詣道).[1] | ||||||
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| 9．Niutsuhime Shrine ・Shinto | ||||||
| The Niutsuhime Shrine or Nibutsuhime Shrine (丹生都比売神社, Niutsuhime-jinja, Nibutsuhime-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in located the town of Katsuragi, Ito district, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is one of three shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of Kii Province. Also known as "Amano Taisha" and "Amano Shisho Myojin", it is the head shrine of about 180 Niutsuhime Shrines around the country. Its precincts are designated a National Historic Site[1] and the shrine is one of the constituent assets of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. | ||||||
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| Deity： Niutsuhime-no-ŌkamiKōyamiko-no-ŌkamiŌgetsuhime-no-kamiIchikishimahime-no-Ōkami Festival： October 16 Type： Cultural Established： Unknown, before 9th century | ||||||
| 10．Niukanshōfu Shrine ・Shinto | ||||||
| Niukanshōfu Shrine or Niukanshōbu Shrine (丹生官省符神社, Niukanshōfu-jinja, Niukanshōbu-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Kudoyama, Ito district, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. | ||||||
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| Deity： Niutsuhime-no-ŌkamiKōyamiko-no-ŌkamiŌgetsuhime-no-kamiIchikishimahime-no-ŌkamiAmaterasuEmperor Ōjin (Hachiman)Ame-no-Koyane Established： 816 | ||||||
| 11．Hiro Hachiman Shrine ・Shinto | ||||||
| Hiro Hachiman Jinja (広八幡神社) is a Shinto shrine located in the town of Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the kami Hachiman. It contains a number of structures which are designated as National Important Cultural Properties. The shrine is also known for its monument to local hero Hamaguchi Goryō, who saved local villagers from a tsunami during the 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake, as recounted in “A Living God” by Lafcadio Hearn in his Gleanings in Buddha Fields (1897). This monument with an inscription by Katsu Kaishu and calligraphy Iwaya Ichiroku, was designated a National Historic Site in 2015. [1] | ||||||
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| Deity： Hachiman Festival： October 1 | ||||||
| 12．Kumano Nachi Taisha ・Shinto | ||||||
| Kumano Nachi Taisha (熊野那智大社) is a Shinto shrine and part of the UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range of Japan. The Kumano Kodō route connects it to other sites under the same classification, which are primarily located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The four sites on the route, classified as pilgrimage destinations and World Heritage Sites, are: 1) Nachi Taisha; 2) Hongū Taisha; 3) Hayatama Taisha; 4) Koya-san. | ||||||
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| Deity： Fusumi no kami (Izanami no mikoto) and others[1] |