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The Best Attractions In Kozagawa-cho
The Best Attractions In Kozagawa-cho
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1. Taiji Whale Museum Taiji Cho
Taiji is a town located in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2011, the town had an estimated population of 3,428 and a population density of 541 persons per km2. The total area is 5.96 km2. Taiji is the smallest local government by area in Wakayama Prefecture because, unlike others, it has not experienced a merger since 1889, when the village of Moriura was merged into Taiji. Taiji shares its entire overland border with the town of Nachikatsuura and faces the Pacific Ocean. Taiji has long been well known as a whaling town and spearheaded the development of more sophisticated whaling techniques in the 17th century. In 1988, a ruling by the International Whaling Commission caused Taiji to suspend commercial whaling. However, the town continues to hunt small wh...
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2. Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shingu
Kumano Hayatama Taisha 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 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 .
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