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高野山
標高８００ｍの山上盆地に、真言密教の根本道場として空海が８１６年に創建した金剛峯寺をはじめ、金剛峯寺の建設と運営の便を図るため政所として山下に建立された慈尊院、金剛峯寺の荘園であった官省符荘の鎮守社として建立された丹生官省符神社、金剛峯寺と慈尊院のほぼ中間点に当たる天野盆地にあり、空海が金剛峯寺の寺地を選定した際の伝説に登場する土地を譲った神である丹生明神、道案内をした神である高野明神を祀り、金剛峯寺と常に密接な関係を保ってきた丹生都比売神社からなり、それぞれが参詣道である高野山町石道でむすばれている。高野山は現在もなお１１７もの寺院が密集し、およそ１２００年の信仰の山の歴史を秘めた山上の宗教都市で、峻険な山嶺と深遠なる樹叢とが一体となった信仰に関連する文化的景観を形成している。特に、空海賀即身成仏を果たし、今なお生き続けていると信じられている奥院は、大師信仰と相まって今でも多くの人々により墓石の建立が続けられている。
Koyasan
In an alpine basin ata an altitude of 800m there stand a group of important comopunds;(1)Kongobu-ji, which was founded by the high Buddhist priest Kukai in 816 as the principal stage for the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism,(2) Jison-in, which was constructed as an administrative office to faclilitate the construction and management of Kongobu-ji, (3) NIukanshofu-jinja, which was constructed as a guardian thirine to protect the Niukanshofu estate of Kongobu-ji,and (4) Niutsuhime-jinja, which is situated in the Amano basin lying halfway between Kongobu-ji and Jison-in in dedication to the deities Niumyojin and Koyamyojin, who in legend gave land to Kukai for the construction of Kongobu-ji and guided Kukai , respectively. Those shrines and temples are connected by the pilgrimage route known as the Koyasan Choishimichi. At Koyasan, tehre are 117 temples still now forming a mountaintop religious “city”which embrances a history of more than 1,200years as a sacred mountain site. This site, combined with teh surrou
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金剛嶺寺大主殿
旧「青巌寺」の建物で、高野山上で最も大規模な木造建築物である.現在は金剛峯寺の本坊となっている。
Kongobu-ji Daishuden
The existing buildings originally were those of the Seigan-ji temple; this area forms the largest group of wooden guildings in Koya-san. At presetng, the head temple of Kongobu-ji is located here.
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金剛嶺寺奥院
転軸・魔尼・楊柳の三山に囲まれた広大な集合墓地．空海が生前に自ら墓所と定めた場所を中心とする聖地で、大名家が建立した多くの巨大な石塔をはじめ、各時代，各層の人々の墓石大小約３０万基が密集し、樹齢５００年を越す巨木が生い茂る。
Kongobu-ji Okuno-in
This is a large-scate cemetery surrounded by three mountains,i.e. Mt Tenjiku, Mt Mani, and Mt Yoryu. This sacred area contains the place where Kukai decided to make a grave for himself; it holds many large stone stupas constructed by influential military lords and the tombstones of people of various ranks who admired Kukai’s teachings at various times of history. Such stone structures, large and samll, numbering over 300,000 are densely distributed in this area..and giant trees older then 500 years stand here and there.
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金剛嶺寺大門
一山の総門にふさわしい入母屋造の二階二重の大規模な門で、国内でも最大級の木造二重門である。
Kongobu-ji Daimonn
This wooden gate is an Irimaya style(semigabled), two-storied double gate built on a manumental scale which is suitable as a main gateway to the mountain area; it is one of the largest wooden two-storied gates in Japan.
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金剛三昧院
鎌倉幕府を開いた源頼朝の妻北条政子が、夫と子の菩提を弔うため寄進建立した寺院である.高野山の霊場化が、有力な貴族や武家による山上祈願所の寄進・建立によっても促進されたことを示す事例である。
Kongosammai-in
This temple was constructed by Hojo Masaka, wife of the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, Minamoto no Yoritomo, as a donation to solicit for the peace of the souls of her husband and son. This is a representative example that shows how the development of Koyasan into a sacred place was promoted through donations or through the construction of mountaintop facilities for prayer-giving by powerful aristocrats or military lords.
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徳川家零台
徳川幕府初代将軍家康と二代秀忠の霊廟で、宝形造の霊屋二棟が、それぞれ透塀で区切られて並び建てられている.正面右が家康、左が秀忠を祀る。
Tokugawake Reidai
The Tokugawake Reidai is a set of mausoleums for the first and second shoguns of the Tokugawa familiy, i.e. leyasu(on the right)and Hidetada(on the left. The two mausoleums are separated with a Sukibe, or lattice-windowed wall.
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慈尊院
平安時代に創建された寺院で、「女人高野」とも呼ばれている.参詣道「高野山町石道」の登り口にあり、参詣者が一時滞在するところともなって信仰を集めてきた。１４世紀に再建された弥勒堂には、国宝の弥勒仏坐像が安置されている。
Jison-in
Jison-in, a temple constructed in the 9th century, is also knowe as “Nyonin Koya”. Located at the entrance of the pilgrimage route Koyasan Choishimichi, the temple provided temporary accoummodation to pilgrims and received religious attention. In tis Mirokudo, which was recounstructed in the 14th century, a Buddha statuerepresenting a sedentary image of the Miroku Buddha(National Treasure) is enshrined.
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丹生都比売神社
高野山を含む紀伊山地北西部一帯の地主神を祀るが、金剛峯寺と密接な関係を保ってきた神社である。神仏分離令までは仏教関連の堂舎多数が存在した。国内最大級の春日造り、４棟の社殿及び楼門が現存する。
Niutsuhime-jinja
Niutsuhime-jinja, which is dedicated to the deity of the land protecting the northwestern area of the Kii Mountain Rnage, including Mt Koyasan,is a shrine which has maintained a close relation with the Kongobu-ji temple. Although it had many Buddha halls until the Shintoism and Bunddahism Separation Decree, only a few of them remaion to the pressent day such as the Honde(main Buddha hall) and the Romon(two-storied gate).
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丹生官省符神社
明治初年の神仏分離令までは境内に仏教関連の堂舎があり、隣接する慈尊院と一体で信仰を集めてきた。
Niukanshofu-jinja
Until the Shintoism and Buddhism Separation Decree was issued in the 19th century, there used to be Buddhist temple buildings in this shrine compound; the shrined had received worship in tandem with the adjacent Jison-in.
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高野山町石道
金剛峯寺への参詣道は数本あるが、その中でも空海が切り開き、その後も最もよく使われた主要道が「高野山町石道」で、沿道には１町（約１０９ｍ）ごとに町石が建てられている.。町石には壇上伽藍からの距離（町数）のほか、密教の金剛界三十六尊及び胎蔵界百八十尊の　字、寄進者の名前、建立年月日及び目的などが彫り込まれている。もとは木製の卒塔婆が建てられていたが、鎌倉時代に各層の寄進を募り、現在みるような町石になった。２２０基の町石のうち１７９基については当時のものが遺り、１町ごとに礼拝を重ねながら山上を目指した参詣の様子を今に伝えている。
Koyasan Choishimichi
Among the several pilgrimage rouets to Kongobu-ji, the “Koyasan Choishimichi” is the one constructed by the founder of the temple, Kukai, and the one that has been most used. At intervals of one Cho(about 109m) all along the route, stone signposts called Choshi have been erected. On tehse signposts are engraved not only the distance in Cho to the Danjogaran compound but also the Sanskrit names of 36 Buddhas of Kongokai(the Diamong Realm in the doctrine of esoteric Buddhism )and 180 Buddhas of Taisokai(the Womb Realm in the doctrine of esoteric Buddhism, the name of the donor, and the date and porpose of the construction. Originally, Choishi signposts had been wooden monuments but they were replaced in the 13th century with stone monuments, as they are seen at presetn through donations by people from various walks of life. Out of the 220 existing Choishi signposts, 179 are the original monument, which for eight centuries have witnessed people on pilgrimage as they proceed toweard the mountaintop with faith and
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和歌山城
和歌山城は、徳川御三家の一つ、紀州徳川家の居城として使われていた。岡口門（重要文化財）と特産の青石を使った野面積の石垣などは当時のもので、戦後復元された天守閣は鬼瓦や鎧の展示室を備え、紀の川の眺めが素晴らしい。
Wakayama Castle
Its magnificent slihouette rising high above the Wakayama city center, Wakayama Castle is the symbol of the 555,000-goku domain of Kishu, one of the 3 Tokugawa families.
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熊野三山
紀伊山地の南東部にあり、相互に２０〜４０ｋｍの距離を隔てて位置する「熊野本宮大社」、「熊野速玉大社」、「熊野参詣道中辺路」によって相互に結ばれている。三つの神社は、個別の自然崇拝に期限を持つが、神仏習合の影響を受けて「熊野三所権現」として信仰されるようになった。また、仏が衆生を救済するために姿を現したのが神だとする「本地垂　説」により、主祭神がそれぞれ阿弥陀如来、薬師如来、千手観音とみなされたことからも信仰を集め、これらを巡礼する「熊野詣」の目的地として繁栄した。熊野三山の社殿は他の神社建築に類例をみない独特の形式を持ち、全国各地に歓請された約３，０００社以上の熊野神社における社殿の規範となっている。青岸渡寺と補陀洛山寺は、神仏習合の過程で熊野那智大社と密接な関係を持つようになった寺院で、特に補陀洛山寺は南の洋上に補陀落浄土を求め死を賭して漕ぎ出す「補陀落渡海」信仰で知られた寺院である。
Sacred Site, Kumano　Sanzan
Located in the southeastern part of the Kii Mountain Range, this sacred site consists of three shrines that are distributed 20 to 40km apart from each other-i.e. Kumano Hongu taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, and Kumano Nachi Taisha- and two temples i.e. Seiganto-ji and Fudararakusan-ji; these shrines and temples are connected by the pilgrimage route known as “Kumano Sankeimichi(Nakahechi)”. Originally, each of the three Shinto shrines had its own distinctive form of nature worship; however, under the influence of the Shinto-Buddhist fusion, they came to be revered as the trine deities of Kumano. At the same time, as the belief that the Shinto deities are Japanese incarnations of Buddhas who have manifested themselves to save others became prevalent, the deities of the threee shrines were considered to be incarnations of Amida Nyorai, Yakushi Nyorai and Senju Kannnon, respectively. As such, this sacred site attracted much religious attention and prospered as an important pilgrimage destination. The shrine build
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熊野那智大社
那智山の中腹にあり、那智大滝に対する原始の自然崇拝を祭祀の起源とする神社である。主として熊野十二所権現を祀るほか、那智大滝を神格化した「飛瀧権現」を併せ祀っている。当初、神殿は大滝の下にあり、古代に現社地に遷座して以来行われている「扇会式例祭」は「那智の火祭」と呼ばれ、毎年７月１４日に執り行われている。
Kumano Nachi Taisha
Kumano Nachi Taisha is a Shinto shrine located halfway up the mountain body of Mt Nachisa, with its religious origin in the ancient nature worship of the large waterall called Nahi no Otaki. Besides the 12 deities of Kumano which it enshrines, the shrine is dedicated to the deified Nachi no Otaki, called Hiro Gongen. Originally, the shrine was located at the the foot of the waterfall; after the shrine was relocated to the present site, the fire festival Ogieshikireisai, also known as Nachi no Himatsuri, has been continuously ovserved here annually on the 14th of July.
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熊野速玉大社
熊野川河口近くに鎮座する熊野速玉大社境内を中心とし、背後の「権現山」・「御船島」・「御旅所」を含み、境内には神木とされる「ナギの木」が樹冠を広げている。本殿背後や権現山からは経塚が発見され、権現山中腹には、祭神が降臨した所とされる「神倉神社」が鎮座している。また、毎年２月６日に行われる「熊野御燈祭」は原始信仰を受け継ぐといわれる祭礼で、もとは旧暦正月６日に行われていたものである。
Kumano Hayatama Taisha
Kumano Hayatama Taisha includes the compound of the shrine situated near the river mouth of the Kumanogawa River and Mt “Gongenyama” in the background,, where Kamikura-jinja is located, as well as the ritual sites, Mifunejima and Otabisho. Halfway up Mt Gongenyama, there is a shrine called Kamikura-jinja, where it is believed the shrine deity had descended. Around the gigantic rock called Gotobiki-iwa, which has itself been found. Annually on the 6th of Fevruary the fier festival called Kumano Otomatsuri is held; this festival, which is said to retain its ancient religious traditions, was originally observed on the 6th day of the lunar-calendar New Year.
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青岸渡寺
神仏分離令以前は、那智の「如意輪堂」として熊野那智大社と一体の寺院として発展し、「西国三十三所観音巡礼」の第一番札所となっている。
Seiganto-ji
Before the 1868 Shintoism and Buddhism Separation Decree, this temple had been known as Nyoirindo and estabilshed itself as integral part of Kumano Nachi Taisha. This is the first sacred place of the West Province Pilgrimage in which undertakers of the practices visit the 33 sacred places associated with Kannon, following the belief that Kannnon bodhisattva heeds people’s wishes while transforming into 33 separate appearances.
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那智大滝
高さ１３３ｍ、幅１３ｍの日本一の滝で、熊野那智大社、青岸渡寺の信仰の原点であり、信仰の対象である。
Nachi no Otaki (Nachi Waterfall)
The laregst waterfall in Japan, 133m high and 13m wide. The Nachi no Otaki was the religious origin of Kumano Nachi Taisha and Seiganto-ji and still is a very important object of worship.
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熊野本宮大社
かつては「熊野坐神社」と呼ばれた神社で、熊野川の中洲（大齋原）に古代の創祠以来鎮座したが、１８８９（明治２２）年水害に罹災した後、流失を免れた主要社殿三棟を１８９１年に現在地に移築し、再建したものである。
Kumano Hongu Taisha
Kumano Hongu Taisha used to be known as Kumano ni Masu-jinja and was situated on the Kumanogawa River’s sandbank known as Oyunohara since the time of its foundation. However, after damaged in the river follding in 1889, the surviving shrine buildings including the three main structuers were relocated to the present location and reconstructed in 1891.
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橋杭岩
大島まで一直線に伸びた巨岩群。その姿は橋桁が並んでいるようなので橋杭岩と名付けられた。国の名勝天然記念物に指定されている。
Hashikui-iwa Rocks
Stretching some 850 m from Kushimoto towards Oshima Island are found about 40 odd-looking rock formations. The name, literally meaning “bridge pilings”, comes from the way these rocks look like the pilings of a bridge that links Kushimoto with Oshima Island. There is also a legend that ciaims Kobodaishi, the monk who founded Koyasan, built this natural marvel, its slihouette at sunrise is truly a sight worth seeing.
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牛馬童子像
熊野参詣道の途中にある牛馬童子像はシンボル的な像とされています。
Gyuba Doji
An adorable stone image of a boy on the backs of a cow and a horse in the garb of a priest. Said to depict Emperor Kazan on a pilgrimage to Kumano. A popular symbolic monument of Kumano Kodo( Old Kumano Road)..
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龍神温泉
高野山連峰を源とする古川の清流沿いに湧く龍神温泉は、群馬の川中温泉、島根の湯の川とともに美人の湯として知られている。
Ryujin Hot Springs
Renound as one of the top three hot springs in Japan for beautifying the body.
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白浜温泉
道後、有馬と並び称される日本三古湯のひとつ。その開湯は飛鳥・奈良時代にまでさかのぼり、日本書紀、万葉集にも登場している。
Shirahama Hot Springs
Noted often in ancient literature. Shirahama is where even emperors of long ago traveled from the distant capital to heal themselves in the hot spring waters.
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勝浦温泉
紀伊半島の山肌がせり出している太平洋側の海岸にあり、南紀を代表する大温泉地となっている。狼煙山半島や中ノ島など、いたるところから湯が沸き、豊富な湯量を誇っている。
Katsuura Hot Springs
Alongside Shirahama Spa, Katsuura Spa is a great example of the hot spring wonders you will find in the Nanki area. Rich amounts of hot water spring all over the area from the wave-battered peninsula on Katsuura Bay and coves on the shore to samll islands. There are also popular hot springs such as the “Bokido” which is located inside a grotto.
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めはり寿司
高菜の漬物にくるまれた握り飯。昔から山仕事の携帯食として愛されてきた郷土料理。目を見張るほど口を開け食べることから名付けられました。
Mehari Sushi
These rice cakes are made by wrapping freshly cooked rice in salted mustard leaves. The dish began as a lunch for men who worked in the mountains or rafted on the river. The simple taste is irresistible.
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和歌山ラーメン
和歌山ラーメンは独特な風味で近年人気の高いラーメンとなっています。
Wakayama Noodles
This is a specialty of a new Wakayama. The unique flavor of the noodles and broth in this ramen has become popular throughout Japan in recent years.
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