Tokei Shrine

Usually quiet shrine ⛩

Original Text

Looking at the map, I thought it was a little far from the station, but when I actually visited, it was a few minutes walk. When I visited at noon on weekends, the precincts were quiet and there were few tourists and local worshipers.

This hall など Building 6 は National Important Cultural Property

Original Text

About 5 minutes walk from Kii Tanabe Station. It was founded in 419 by soliciting Kumano Gongen (currently Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine). The deity is Izanami-miko. During the Genpei War, Tamasu, the leader of the Kumano Navy, who was requested by both sides to reinforce, and the 21st Kumano Betto (transmitted to be the father of Musashibo Benkei), fought seven red and white chickens in front of the main shrine to decide which side to side. The name of the company was that he made him fight derived from. The "Statue of Zanmasu Benkei" stands in the precincts. The hall of worship is covered with wooden copper plates. The six shrines enshrining the deities are national important cultural properties. The main shrine is 1 ...

Here, I pray for the safety of Kumano pilgrimage and start.

Original Text

The word "chicken" in the chicken fighting shrine is correctly "chicken". A separate shrine in Kumano Sanzan at the entrance of Kumano. According to the shrine legend, it was founded in 419, but in "Kii ZOKU Fudoki", it is recorded that Kumano Sansho Gongen was solicited at the time of the 18th Kumano Betto Zhankai. It is called "Gongen-san". It is a separate shrine of Kumano Sanzan, and the Nakaheji road from here to the main shrine becomes a mountain road, so it seems that there were some people who visited this shrine and worshiped the three mountains and returned. Okusu ...

Fighting chickens that influenced the return of the Genpei conflict

Original Text

It is called 'cockfighting Jinja shrine' because it is said that the Kumano Navy was fortune telling the Genji clan or the Taira clan during the Genpei war. There is a bronze statue of cockfighting in front of betto tsurumasu and Benkei in Kumano. It seems that it is evaluated that five shrines are placed in the same form as the main shrine after the main shrine was damaged by the great flood damage. The main shrine has not been completely rebuilt after the flood damage, so it is more valuable. Because of the cockfight ...

Father statue of Benkei and Kumano Navy

Original Text

There is a tourist information center near the torii gate. In the precincts, there are statues of Benkei and Kumano Suigun's father. I visited after the Kumano Sansha, a World Heritage Site. There is a very stupid camphor tree. There are Daikoku-sama and various gods. Yoshitsune's flute is on display.