Kumano Hongu Taisha
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3639 x 5459 px | 30.8 x 46.2 cm | 12.1 x 18.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Kumano Hongu Taisha. The shrine has been a center of religious faith for over 1000 years. People pray here for their future and to ensure their entrance to heaven. Kumano Kodo. For over 1000 years people from all levels of society have made the ardous pilgrimage to Kumano. These pilgrims used a network of routes. now called Kumano Kodo, which stretches across the mountainous Kii peninsula. The walk itself was an integral part of the pilgrimage purification as they undertook rigorous religious rites of worship and purification. Kumano's syncretic faith.The Sacred Kumano Sanzan have their roots in prehistoric nature worship. When Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the 6th century, these religious systems merged, leading to the belief that the local deities are manifestations of Buddihist deities. The Kumano faith is a mixed tradition with complex symbolism.