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The Shrine of Smallpox Largest Chinese Juniper in Wakayama Hidakagawa Waterside Park Iya Shrine Ｅ-４ Ｅ-３ Twelve deities including Izanagi no Mikoto are venerated at this shrine. Enjoy golfing, camping, and other outdoor The 8th Tokugawa shogun Yoshimune activities at this riverfront park bounded by came here to pray for recovery from a natural setting. In summertime, canoeing a bout of smallpox.He recovered, and is also possible on the clear waters of the the shrineis now famous as that of Hidaka River. smallpox. PerfectPerfect forfor leisureleisure TheThe shrineshrine ofof smallpoxsmallpox Shioya-oji Shrine Ｃ-５ Susa Shrine Ｅ-５ It is said to be one of the oldest of the Kujuku Susano-o no Mikoto is the principal OjiShrines along the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage deity venerated at this village shrine. Routeand one that is particularly prestigious. The The Oto Festival held on March 10 shrine's grounds include the former site of a is a rite that has been held for more temporary palace where Emperor Go-Toba is said than 200 years and is a herald of to have once lived.The stone monument at the spring in the Hidaka area. The rite's foot of the stone stairs to the shrine was inscribed origins go back to the legend of how by noted 19th century scholar Niida Koko. Since it a great snake called Orochi that venerates a statue of the goddess Amaterasu as lived in the mountains terrorized the a beautiful woman（bijin） , the shrine is also known people.Responding to prayers that as "Bijin-oji."Countless people come to pray for he come from Izumo to drive Orochi safe childbirths, since it is said that offering a out, the deity Susano-o no Mikoto prayer will result in having a beautiful child. The did just that and routed the snake. shrine forest is a municipally designated Natural In the festival, children who are Monument.The enormous and ancient trees there chosen and referred to as oto wave include Asian and Japanese bayberries, and in two-meter long ritual wands before the spring its cherry blossoms come into bloom. the shrine to pray for good harvests TheThe legendlegend ofof and protection from evil. Bijin-ojiBijin-oji subjugatingsubjugating OrochiOrochi GoboGeneral Sports Park Ｄ-６ GoboGeneral Sports Park is a 17.2 hectare municipal space comprising athletic grounds and a rest and recreation area for visitors. The R&R area includes athletic equipment and a 24-meter long playground structure themed in the shape of a rhinoceros beetle.The spot is always busy with families and people on MassiveMassive 24-meterlong24-meterlong playgroundplayground sstructuretructure outings. Tsumegaki-taishi-do Hall Ｃ-６ Gobo City Museum of History and Folklore Ｄ-６ Behind the hall is a stoneupon which The museum's holdings include an object called the the Buddhist saint Kobo-daishi drew Karurao-sonzo, popularly known as the mummy of 13 buddhas. The stone has weathered the raven tengu（goblin）. Practitioners of mountain and the images are hard to make out, asceticismare thought to have carried the figure around the country in the mid-19th century to extol but it is said the deeply faithful can its venerableness and the benefits in this world it see them well. conferred. CanCan youyou seesee them?them? Other exhibits include objects of archaeological and folkloric interest from the Katada Archeological A creaturecreature ooff Siteand Iwauchi Tombs Nos. 1 and 3 （including the OnosakiArchaeological Site Ｃ-６ history-redefiningyariganna die and a filigreed One pit dwelling and 11 square-shaped, legend：thelegend：the ravenraven tengutengu hirumakisword）. moated burial grounds of the sort common from the Yayoi to early Kofun periods have The Chinese Juniper of Kosen-ji Temple Ｃ-６ been reconstructed here. Diggings have turned up multiple pieces of earthenware Also known in Japanese as ibuki, the ReconstructionReconstruction ofof used to make salt, andit is thought that salt Chinese juniper (byakushin) is a tall had been produced in great quantities here evergreen. Selected as one of Japan's ancientancient dwellingsdwellings since ancient times. 100 eminent trees and a prefecturally designated Natural Monument, this is ManyoPoetryMonument Ｄ-７ the largest example in the prefecture LargestLargest ChineseChinese and is estimated to be more than 600 A stone inscribed with a poem in the famed juniperjuniper iinn WakayamaWakayama years old. Manyoshucollection has been placed in this green setting overlooking the sea.The poem reads, "I wanted to see Nojima and the island Eighty-EightStone Buddhas Ｄ-６ has shown itself, but the deep jewel of the On Mt. Kannon, 88 statues of the Buddha beach at Agone remains unplucked." Attributed made of stone transported from each stop to Nakatsu Sumeragi no Mikoto, the author is on Shikoku's famous pilgrimage route have TheThe romanceromance ooff said to have in fact been Empress Saimei. been installed.It is said that paying respects antiquityantiquity WWorkingorking miraclesmiracles to them is effective for palsy and headaches..
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