明治22年に大水害で社殿が押し流されるまで、熊野本宮大社の本殿があった場所です。かつては、約1.1万坪の中洲に現在の本宮大社の数倍に及ぶ社殿が建っていました。中洲にかかる橋はなく、人々は川で身を清め聖域に足を踏み入れていたそうです。田んぼの中に伸びる一本道の先にある巨大な鳥居は、まさに荘厳。熊野の神が降り立った聖地とも言われており、神秘的な雰囲気を今なお伝えています。

This is the place where the main shrine of Kumano Hongu Taisha was located until the shrine was washed away by a large flood in 1887. In the past, a shrine that was several times larger than the current Hongu Taisha was built in Nakasu, which is about 11,000 tsubo. There was no bridge over Nakasu, and people were purifying themselves in the river and stepping into the sanctuary. The huge torii gate at the end of a straight road that stretches out into the rice fields is truly majestic. It is said to be a sacred place where the god of Kumano has landed, and it still conveys the mysterious atmosphere.

大斎原付近の写真一覧