Kamikura Shrine

Kumano Hayatama Taisha （熊野速玉大社）Grand Shrine, Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture

Kumano Hayatama Taisha Grand Shrine（熊野速玉大社） is located in Shingu City　（新宮市), Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県）and is about fifteen minute walk from the JR Shingu Station　（JR新宮駅）.

Kumano Hayatama Grand Shrine belongs to Kumano Sanzen, three Grand Shrines of Kii Peninsula and is part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage （熊野古道）.

Wakayama Shingu City Oto Matsuri | JAPAN Forward

A team of roughly 2,000 men (referred to as noboriko) clad in white and sporting straw rope wrapped around their waists light pentagonal shaped torches with sacred fire in prayer for a good harvest and family safety. The view that unfolds as the men charge down from the shrine with torches in hand is as the lyrics of the Shingu-setsu song describe, like a flaming waterfall and winding fiery dragon. The festival is known as one of the most lively fire festivals in Japan. On the day of the festival, women are prohibited from the Kamikura-jinja Shrine grounds, but are able to watch the festivities from the path leading to the shrine.

Location
Kamikura-jinja Shrine

Address
1-13-8 Kamikura, Shingu City
新宮市神倉1-13-8

Access 15-minute walk from JR Shingu Station

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[Shinto Shrine 3D] Kamikura Shrine, Gotobiki Iwa, Kumano Taisha 神倉神社 ゴトビキ岩

Kamikura Shrine is located in Kumano-Shingu (Wakayama, Japan). A huge rock, so-called Gotobiki Iwa on the top of the mount is the object of worship. Here is one of the best spot to take 3D picture.

和歌山県熊野新宮にある神倉神社。山の上の大岩(ゴドビキ岩)そのものがご神体です。「タカクラジ」という神様をお祀りしています。神武東征の際、熊野の豪族に苦戦していたイワレビコ(神武天皇)に、タカムスビ(タカギノカミ)が「フツノミタマ」という太刀を授けました。その時の使者がタカクラジです

Isumisano Inanuki jinja Shrine, Ogi, Osaka, Japan

Waterfall at Isumisano Inanuki jinja Shrine, Ogi, Osaka, Japan. A site uses by Yamabushi, faith in nature.

Isumisano Inanuki jinja Shrine, Ogi, Osaka, Japan

Isumisano Inanuki Shrine, Ogi, Osaka, Japan. Site of yamabushi training

UNESCO World Heritage Site:Kamikura jinja Kumano,Japan 世界遺産 この石段はもう崖だ

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熊野・白浜旅行記 #05 神倉神社の石段は崖と言っても過言で無い編


速玉大社の摂社、神倉神社にも参拝します。

ここは、超急勾配の石段が特徴です。
もうね、崖です。

初めてここに来た時は、後ろにひっくり返って落ちるのではないかと思いました。
こんな嫌な夢を見たことが有る気がしました。

長い石段を登って行くと、御神体のゴトビキ岩があります。

ここから見える新宮の街と、その奥に見える熊野灘。
絶景です。

苦労して登ってきたかいがありますよ。


After going to the Hayatama-taisha, I will go to Kamikura shrine.

This shrine is characterized by steep stone steps.

There are object of worship to go up the long stone stairs.
Big rock.

Kumano-nada and the city of Shingu can be seen from here.
So beautiful.
The very wonderful.

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60pでの撮影です。
編集はEDIUS 6.5です。



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Shingu-shi Otou Matsuri (Fire Festival) 2012

Shingu hosts a fire festival on February 6th. Every year, men of all ages spend the day purifying themselves by abstaining from female contact and consuming white foods. Then, once it gets dark, they trek to the top of Mt. Gongen to Kamikura Shrine, the original site of the Kumano Hayatama Grand Shrine. The men are corralled at the top of the shrine and, once everyone has assembled and lit their torches, they open the gates and the men run down all 538 steps to the bottom of mountain. Participants race to the bottom of the mountain - with their torches - in hopes of obtaining peace and successful fertility.

Unfortunately it was pouring rain this year so I could only catch a group of the men from Hayatama going up the mountain, but KumanoWorld uploaded some great videos from last year's festival. Hopefully next year will have better weather!

The Kamikura Shrine.

World Heritage Site The Kamikura Shrine's stone path.

Festival of Shingu-shi Japan

Today is the festival of Shingu

A walk around a Japanese Shinto Shrine. Vlogtober 1

A look around a small shrine in a city. I love stumbling on places like this on walks in Japan.

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Kamikura Jinja Shingu City Wakayama

和歌山県新宮市中心市街地 北西部にある神倉神社に登ってみました。
途中の石段を上がってからご身体である、ゴトビキ岩の拝殿前までを写しています。
拝殿前からの眺望は素晴らしいの一言。

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Shingu City (Part One) - Things you should do on Day One!

I went to Shingu City in the Eastern Peninsula of Wakayama on Monday 16th of October 2017 to Tuesday 17th.

Usually, people do their annual pilgrimage in this area to climb Koya-san and visit the range of temples along the way to cleanse the human spirit.

If you're in Shingu City, consider this itinerary as Day One!

1. Jofuku Sushi
Considered Wakayama's best Sushi. Try out their Sanma Sushi, one of their local specialties.

2. Jofuku Koen.
One of the special areas in Shingu. Known as one of the resting areas of Xu Fu as he was trying to find the Elixir of Life.

3. Matsubaya
A sweets shop in Shingu City that has been run three generations of family.

4. Hayatama Taisha.
UNESCO World Heritage Site. A place to visit and see.

5. Kumano Boat Festival.
Occurring every year on the 16th of October. To celebrate the year of the Kumano Taisha. 9 boats race to an island in the middle of the river following after a Mikoshi, boarded on a boat.

Tsuyu-no-Tenjinja Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin) ⛩️ | Ohatendori | Shinkansen ????| Osaka Vacation 2019 ????????????

Kumano Kodo 1　熊野古道　熊野速玉大社とゴトビキ岩

One of the three great shrines of the World Heritage area of Kumano Kodo, Hayatama Shrine and its nearby giant holy rock are wonders!
世界文化遺産である熊野三山の一つ、速玉大社は、前世の罪を浄める場であると考えられていたそうです。その速玉神社の摂社である神倉神社のゴトビキ岩は、今にも転がり落ちそうで落ちない、何とも不思議な巨石でした。

Access to Hayatama Shrine by train
From Shin-Osaka to Shingu Station: JR Express “Kuroshio” (3H50M)
From Nagoya to Shingu Station: JR Express “Wide View” (3H10M)

How to get around Kumano Area:

Kumano Kodo series
1. Kumano Hayatama Shrine and Giant Rock: 熊野速玉神社とゴトビキ岩
2. Kumano Nachi Shrine and Waterfall: 熊野那智大社と那智の滝
3. Kumano Hongu Shrine and Giant Torii Gate: 熊野本宮大社と大斉原（大鳥居）

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Oh! Japon été 2018 #13 Le sanctuaire Kamikura-jinja à Shingu

La ville de Shingu est une des étapes clés du Kumano Kodo Un des 3 grands sanctuaires s'y trouve. Mais il y a aussi un autre sanctuaire tout aussi important, le Kamikura-jinja. Se trouvant sur le Mont Gongenyama, il vous faudra monter quelques 500 marches pour arriver au petit bâtiment. La très belle vue sur la ville ne doit pas vous faire oublier l'énorme rocher (le Gotobiki-iwa) qui surplombe le sanctuaire. C'est un rocher sacré et ce serait par là que les Kami (divinités) de Kumano sont arrivés.

Wakayama Oto Fire Festival | JAPAN Forward

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It turns out that wishing for the cold to subside and a fruitful spring to unfold is a more common sentiment than one might think. At Kamikura Shrine in Shingu city, Wakayama Prefecture, this idea is taken to a whole new fiery level.



Every year on February 6, the Oto Festival takes place to wish for a good harvest and good health. Simply speaking, it’s one of the most lively and famous fire festivals in Japan.



Men all ages – dressed in white with a thick rope tied around their waist – congregate at the shrine carrying a wooden torch.



As the excitement rises, the torches are lit on fire. At 8 P.M. the scene that unfolds is of roughly 2000 brightly lit torches carried by men racing down the 500 steps leading to Kamikura Shrine, making for a blur of warm yellow light illuminating all the surroundings.

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About JAPAN Forward:
JAPAN Forward is a new English-language news and opinion website run by the JAPAN Forward association Inc.

JAPAN Forward aims to present the true face of Japan, as seen from a wide variety of perspectives, to a rapidly-changing world where unpredictability often outpaces stability. Japan has long lagged behind other countries—all of which have their own points of view—in conveying her own take on the world around.

JAPAN Forward sets out to overcome misunderstandings born of linguistic barriers. In covering major news stories in Japan, along with key points of debate, current events, history, culture, and the arts, we hope to deepen the world’s understanding of the Japanese archipelago.

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, there is a great need for a new English-language medium rooted in solid fact and fully cognizant of the history and culture of Japan and the Japanese people. Our expanding network of influential analysts and foreign experts based in Japan and overseas means that we are continuously improving our ability to bring the truth about Japan to an ever-wider English-speaking audience.

At the helm of JAPAN Forward is an editor who has decades of journalism experience in Europe and the United States, while our editorial team of native speakers hails from policy research centers, academia, journalism outlets, and more. This is the real Japan, in real English.

JAPAN Forward is operated by JAPAN Forward Association Inc., which has also established the JAPAN Forward Supporters Network to allow individual and corporate sponsors to join in our mission to keep Japan moving forward and build our recognition in the Anglosphere.

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Discovering Shingu - My Trip To Japan

My First Video! I Explain my Trip to Japan. Sorry for the bad editing.... I didn't know how I wanted the style to be. Video's will be coming faster & getting better!

JAPÓN - Kumano Kodo: SHINGU TAISHA (24-2-2019)