Hananoiwaya Shrine

What it is

• Shrine dedicated to Izanami-no-mikoto and Kagutsuchi-no-mikoto.
• It has no main hall.
• Registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004.
• Its location is a national historic site.

What to see

• A 45-meter-high rock face serves as the deity's body.
• The shrine's old printing blocks.
• The shrine's sacred cauldron.
• The shrine's forest.

When to go

• Onawa-kake Shinji festival is on February 2nd.
• Onawa-kake Shinji festival is on October 2nd.

Getting there

• 5-minute bus ride from Kumano-shi Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.