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Kumano Hongū Taisha 熊野本宮大社

Kumano Hongū Taisha is one of the component parts of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004. Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Kumano Hongū Taisha — 熊野本宮大社
Photo: Tim Notari from Tanabe-Shi Wakayama-Ken, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Part ofSacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (UNESCO, 2004)
LocationHongūchō Hongū, Wakayama (和歌山県)
Coordinates33.84040, 135.77355 · Open in Google Maps
Established1891
Official websitehttps://www.hongutaisha.jp/

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