Kumano Kodō

The Kumano sanzan

Kumano Sanzan is Kumano-nachi-taisha and Kumano-hongu-taisha and Kumano-hayatama-taisha.

Kumano Hongu Ｔａｉｓｈａ

(Kumano Honguu Taisha)

Kumano Hongū Taisha (熊野本宮大社) is a Shinto shrine located in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, deep in the rugged mountains of 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 main deity enshrined is Kumano Gongen (熊野権現). All of the ancient Kumano Kodō Pilgrimage routes lead to this Grand Shrine.

It was originally located at present Ōyunohara (大斎原）, on a sandbank at the confluence of the Kumano River and Otonashi River. In 1889 it was partially destroyed in a flood and the remaining shrine buildings were relocated at its present site.　（参考　Wikipedia）

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

(Kumano Hyatama taisha)

Kumano Nachi Taisha

（Kumano Nachi Taisha)

Kumano Nachi Taisha (熊野那智大社) is a Shinto shrine part of the UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. The Kumano Kodō route connects it to other sites under the same classification, all of which are in Nachikatuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The four sites on the route classified as pilgrimage destinations and Wold Heritage Sites are: 1) Nachi Taisha; 2) Hongū Taisha; 3) Hayatama Taisha; 4) Koya-san.

Kumano Nachi Taisha is also one of the three sacred Kumano Sanzan shrines: 1) Nachi Taisha; 2) Hongū Taisha; 3) Hayatama Taisha. This classification is based mostly in Japanese history, as pilgrims would travel to all three sites to complete their pilgrimage.

Kumano Nachi Taisha is an example of Buddhist and Shinto syncretism (Shinbutsu shūgō) nestled in the Kii Mountains, near Kii Katsuura, Japan. Cedar forests surround the site. The Nachi Waterfall, worshiped at Hiryū Shrine near Kumano Nachi Taisha is believed to be inhabited by a kami called Hiryū Gongen Also, there is a sacred tree at this site.