One of Wakayama’s geological wonders, the Sandanbeki rock formation, known as the Sandanbeki Cliffs hide one of Wakayama’s most interesting secret temples in a cave full of history and pirates!
Back during the Heian Era (794-1185), the city of Shirahama, where the Sandanbeki Cliffs are located, was one of Wakayama’s most important fishing ports and quickly became a very prosperous city. Quickly, Shirahama’s wealth and booming fishing business became the center of attention of a Japanese pirate named Tagamaru, who terrified the surrounding population and made the area quite dangerous for business of all sort.
In order to avoid being captured by the powerful Kumano Navy tasked to stop him, Tagamaru had the nifty idea to use the Sandanbeki Cliffs small cave network, know today as the Sandanbeki Dokutsu Cave, to hide both his men and also his many treasures.
Today the Sandanbeki Dokutsu Cave is used as a “living” museum of sorts where you can enjoy a small temple. There sits a carving of Benzaiten, one of Japan’s seven lucky gods surrounded by over 100 hanging lanterns, as well as a re-creation of a guard house, complete with rusty armor and weaponry.
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