Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine

Annie Sobol in the last week

The shrine is one of the Three Kumano Sanzan Shrines, along with Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine and Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine. Kumano Hayatama Taisha Grand Shrine is said to have been built as a place to worship the gods who had descended to earth on Gotobiki-iwa Rock in Kamikura-Jinja Shrine. The shrine's main deities are Kumano Hayatama no Okami and Kumano Fusumi no Okami, who are husband and wife.

Jan-Laurens Dierickx 5 months ago

Beautiful temple but in comparison to the other two big Kumano temple not as exciting.

Prasanti Widyasih Sarli 8 months ago

A beautiful red line of shrine, part of the Kii Sanzan—three of the most sacred shrines in Japan. It has several shrines, and if you are lucky you can take a glimpse of some of the maidens performing a dance inside the shrines. I’m most impressed by the 1000 year old tree in the garden. It’s said that during the pilgrimage people used to take branches from that tree home. How beautiful.

Maciej Polakowski 8 months ago

From the shrine being the part of world heritage I expected a bit more but it's in my opinion the least amazing out of there. Apparently there is also a pilgrimige route which has some nice sights unfortunately I didn't have the time to walk it. Parking next to it and the shrine grounds are free.

jj walsh a year ago

Interesting shrine with a long history where you can find the good luck 3-legged crow which adorns the Japanese national soccer ⚽ team uniform - stunning twisted straw ropes & giant red torii at the entrance, but not much to see once you enter in the shrine buildings. You can see a statue of the famous crow & enjoy the architecture.