Kumano City
Dates:October 2 / February 2
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Hana-No-Iwaya Autumn Festival & Spring Festival
Hana-no-Iwaya is the oldest shrine in Japan according to the book “Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)”. The “suspension ritual” where people use ropes to cover terrain from the top of 45m tall rock, object of shrine sacrifice, is worth seeing.
Events
Period
October 2 / February 2
Open time
9:30
Venue
Hana-no-Iwaya
How to get here
Shingu Line bus 2 minutes get off from JR Kumano-shi Station
Contact
Kumano City tourist association
0597-89-0100
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