奈良県の玉置神社に伺いました。
山深い中にある「聖地」と呼んでも過言ではないこの神社は、
呼ばれてないとたどり着けないという、不思議な謂れのある神社です。
今回は無事付けましたので…..何で呼ばれていたのか….
今後を楽しみにしたいと思います。
This is a mysterious shrine, which is said to be only reachable if you are called by the gods.
hese trails connect Nara and Osaka to the three major Kumano Sanzan shrines (Hongu Taisha in Tanabe, Hayatama Taisha in Shingu, and Nachi Taisha in Nachikatsuura), one of Japan’s holiest sites .
More specifically, the Tamaki-jinja shrine is on the Omine Okugakemichi road (between Yoshino and the Hongu Taisha shrine) where the disciples of shugendo (this set of ultra-rigorous rites practiced by mountain monks) came – and still come – to form.
In 2004, the shrines and pilgrimage routes of the Kii Mountains were listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site . ” They reflect ,” reads the United Nations website, ” the fusion between Shinto, rooted in the ancient Japanese tradition of nature worship, and Buddhism from China and the Korean peninsula .”
Located in the heart of this lush and sacred nature , the Tamaki-jinja shrine is known for its cedar forest . Gigantic trees that have been designated a ” natural monument” , including a jindai-sugi , said to be 3,000 years old.
The shrine, whose main building is made of wood, is said to have been founded by Emperor Sujin, tenth emperor of Japan, around 37 BC .