Nachi, Japan - April 21, 2014: Seiganto-ji Pagoda and Nachi no Taki waterfall in the Kii Peninsula. It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Hongu, Japan - July 20, 2012: Female temple/shrine keepers at Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine: Kumano Hongu Taisha is one of the Kumano region's three famous shrines. As well as enshrining its own deity, Hongu Taisha also enshrines the deities of the other two Kumano shrines, Hayatama Taisha and Nachi Taisha, and the sun goddess Amaterasu. It serves as the head shrine of over 3000 Kumano shrines across Japan.
Hongu,Japan - August 4, 2015: The giant torii gate of Oyu no Hara closeby the Grand Hongu Taisha Shrine. Reference to the Hongu Taisha was first documented in the 9th century, which the establishment of the shrine must have preceded substantially. Due to floods in 1889, the shrine was moved from its original location at Oyu no Hara to its present site one kilometer away. In front of Oyu no Hara stands the biggest torii gate in the world, which, at 33 meters tall, dwarfs visitors passing under it