Kinpu Jinja

📍 Nara, Yoshino-gun Yoshino-cho Yoshino-yama 1007 · Yoshino-gun Yoshino-cho, Nara Prefecture

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Enshrined 金山彦命

Rank 村社

Heritage ユネスコ世界遺産「紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道」（2004年）、大峯奥駈道史跡（2002年指定）、経筒（国宝）

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Hours

9:00–16:00

Fee

¥300

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Unknown

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Available

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History

Kinpu Jinja, enshrined on the mountainside of Yoshino-yama, is deeply connected to Kinpu-sen-ji temple and serves as a sacred site of mountain ascetic practice. Dedicated to Zao Gongen, it has long attracted the faith of mountain ascetics and is renowned as a spiritually powerful shrine. Famous for the cherry blossoms of Yoshino, Kinpu Jinja is particularly known as a place of strong spiritual power where ascetics have undergone rigorous training and attained enlightenment. Even today, many visitors seeking good fortune and realization of their wishes come to pay respects at this powerful shrine.