37Shingu Castle remainsThe castle built by the Horiuchi clan who ruled the Kumano region in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period was the first, and it was later rebuilt by the Asano clan and then the Mizuno clan who replaced them, but the castle here was demolished under the ordinance to abolish castles at the time of the Meiji Restoration and only stone walls remain now. It was also known as Tankaku Castle.Asuka-jinjaThis shrine is located at the foot of Mt. Horai-san at the mouth of the Kumano-gawa River, and the main enshrined deity is Kotosakanoo-no-Mikoto. The deities of the Kumano Sanzan have been worshipped here since ancient times and Asuka-jinja was treated as Asuka oji shrine on the Kumano pilgrimage in the Heian Period.Hama-oji (Oji-jinja)Hama-oji is on the way to Koya-zaka from Asuka-jinja and is one of the 99 Oji-jinja shrines of Kumano. Oji-jinja in Kita-ku, Tokyo originated from the ceremonial transfer of the divided tutelary deity from this Hama-oji.Ojigahama BeachOjigahama Beach is about 4 km long and is made from gravel deposited from the mouth of the Kumano-gawa River. It is also known as a loggerhead turtle spawning ground.Koya-zakaThis is a coastal pass trail that leads from Ojigahama to Miwasaki. It was opened as the Nakahechi connecting Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano Nachi Taisha, and there are highlights along its route including the Magohachi-jizo statue and Konko Inari-jinja.Kokuji-toge Pass and Okuji-toge PassAfter passing Ukui, the trail follows route 42 and crosses two small passes, Kokuji-toge Pass and Okuji-toge Pass. “Kuji” is said to mean kujira, or whale, and there are thought to be whalers’ lookouts on these passes.Hamanomiya-ojiAdjacent to Fudarakusan-ji Temple, this is one of the 99 Oji-jinja shrines of Kumano and shows the remnants of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism. The shrine is currently known as Kumano Sansho Omiwasha.Fudarakusan-jiThis is a temple of the Tendai sect and from the Heian Period to the Edo Period was a place where the Fudaraku-tokai, crossing the sea to the southern pure land, took place. Priests and devotees headed out in small boats to the southern sea, aiming for Fudarakusan, a pure land far away presided over by Kannon, bodhisattva of compassion. These journeys were carried out about twenty times from the 9th century to the 18th century. There are tombstones on the grounds for priests who went out on the Fudaraku-tokai.At the teahouse partway up Daimonzaka, you can experience a pilgrimage dressed in a Heian Period costume.Daimonzaka…Chaya…teahouseTel: 0735-55-0244 Price: 3,000 yen ~Hours: 9:00 – 16:00 (Open year round)Kumano Nachi TaishaOne of the Kumano Sanzan, Kumano Nachi Taisha is located halfway up Mt. Nachisan and its object of worship is the Nachi-no-Otaki Falls. The main enshrined deity is Izanami-no-Mikoto. There is a sacred camphor tree about 850 years old on the grounds and visitors can pass through the hollowed out trunk in an act symbolic of rebirth.Nachisan Seiganto-jiIn the past, this temple was unified with the adjacent Kumano Nachi Taisha as a place for Buddhist-Shinto syncretic mountain asceticism, but it became an independent Tendai sect temple in the Meiji Period under the impact of the government order separating Buddhism and Shintoism. Nachisan Seiganto-ji was also the first temple on the “Saikokujunrei,” or pilgrimage to the 33 Kannon images in Western Japan, which began in 1161. In the Edo Period, many pilgrims visited Ise Jingu and completed the Kumano Sanzan pilgrimage and Saigokujunrei pilgrimage at the same time.DaimonzakaDaimonzaka is the approach path to Kumano Nachi Taisha and Nachisan Seiganto-ji. It is about 640 m long and has 267 mossy stone steps. At the base of the staircase are two 800-year-old Japanese cedar trees called the Meoto-sugi or “married couple cedar trees.” The path is also surrounded by camphor and other trees and provides a representative image of the Kumano Kodo. Its name means “large gate slope” and has its origins in the large shrine-gate that once stood at Kumano Nachi Taisha.
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