Kumano Hongu Taisha
📍 Wakayama, Tanabe · 1110 Hongu-cho, Tanabe-shi, Wakayama
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
Kumano Hongu Taisha stands as the supreme sacred site where Japanese faith was born. Three great deities receive the prayers and grant the wishes of all pilgrims here. Visitors experience profound unity with nature and recover their essential life force through communion with these divine presences.
Benefits
Heart of Kumano faithNature's divine powerLife force bestowed