This is just wonderful. A really steep climb but you get a great view and a really curious location: a shrine next to a giant boulder half way up the mountain with a beautiful rope around it.
This marks the place where the gods were said to have descended from the mountains.
Once a year 2000 men race down the steep stone steps with torches of holy fire.
A really special place.

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Kumano Hayatama Taisha – Kamikura Shrine (Kamikura Jinja) loop from 新宮

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60m

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