Shrine · Yoshino (Kami Senbon)
Yoshino Mikumari Shrine 吉野水分神社
Water and childbirth shrine in Yoshino's upper Kami Senbon area, with Momoyama-period halls and part of the Kii Mountains World Heritage site.
Hours8:00-16:00 (until 17:00 in April)
PriceFree
Getting thereYoshinoyama area bus to Takagiyama Observatory, 15 min walk
Time needed30-60 min
Best timeMid-late April (upper slopes)
Address1612 Yoshinoyama, Yoshino-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara
About
Yoshino Mikumari Shrine is dedicated to the water deity Ame-no-Mikumari and is known as 'Komori-no-miya' for prayers for children. Its halls, rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1604, surround a quiet courtyard with a weeping cherry. It is a long uphill walk above central Yoshinoyama.
Highlights
- Momoyama-style halls around a courtyard
- Weeping cherry
- Prayers for children and safe birth
- Kami Senbon cherry slopes
Tips
- About 90 min walk from Yoshinoyama ropeway, or bus to Takagiyama then 15 min
- Free to visit; 8:00-16:00
- Combine with Kinpusenji and Yoshimizu Shrine
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