那智の火祭り (那智の扇祭り)
熊野那智大社が執り行う例大祭。日本三大火祭りの一つとされ、正式には「扇祭」もしくは「扇会式」と呼ぶ。
重さ50kg以上の大松明の炎で参道を清め、扇御輿を迎える「御滝本神事」の迫力ある姿は見応えがある。
銀山温泉
NHKテレビドラマ「おしん」の舞台となり有名になった温泉地。
木造の宿が軒を連ね、日が落ちるとガス灯に明かりが灯る、大正ロマン溢れるノスタルジックな街。一年を通して多くの人がその風情を楽しみに訪れる。
Nachi no Himatsuri, or Nachi no Ogi Matsuri (Nachi Fire Festival, or Nachi Fan Festival)
Reitai-sai (most important annual festival) organized by Kumano Nachi Taisha (Shinto shrine located halfway up Nachi Mountain). It is regarded as one of the three major fire festivals, and officially called as "Ogi Matsuri (fan festival)" or "Ogi Kaishiki" (fan memorial service).
The ceremony "On takimoto shinji" (the ignition to the big torches), to purify the approaches to the shrine with the torch that weighs more than 50kg and welcome the Ogi mikoshi (fan-shaped portable shrine) , is an impressive scene to watch.
Ginzan Onsen (Silver Mine Hot Spring)
A hot spring resort that become famous with the popularity of NHK TV drama "Oshin"
As there are many wooden houses, and gas lights are lit in the evening, it is a nostalgic place with the atmosphere of Taisho era (1912-1926). Many people visit there throughout the year to enjoy the elegant landscape.
大豊神社
神社にはふつう狛犬がいるが、大豊神社には狛ネズミがいる。
大国主命が火に囲まれ困っているとき、 ネズミが洞穴に導いて命を救ったという『古事記』の記述から作られたもの。全国に約8万社ある神社のうち、狛ネズミがいるのはここだけ、ということでネットで話題に。子年には初詣に多くの人が訪れる。
Dafeng shrine
there are usually guardian dogs in the shrine, but the shrine Dafeng are coma mouse.
when the major powers master's orders is in trouble, surrounded by fire, that mouse is made from the description of "folk history" that saved the life led to the cave. Of the shrine which is about 80 000 companies across the country, just here to have coma rat, a hot topic on the net at that. The child year visit a lot of people in the New Year's visit to a Shinto shrine.
