Yoshino Mikumari Shrine
Yoshino Mikumari Shrine is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino in Yoshino district, Nara, Japan. It is closely associated with Emperor Go-Daigo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “吉野水分神社 (Yoshino-mikumari-Shrine)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Yoshino and Takagiyama.
Mount Yoshino
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Mount Yoshino is the general name for the mountain ridge that stretches from the south bank of the Yoshino River in the town of Yoshino central Nara Prefecture, Japan, to the Ōmine Mountains, stretching for about eight kilometers from north-to-south, or the broader name of the area dotted with shrines and temples, centered around Kinpusen-ji Temple. Mount Yoshino is situated 1 km northwest of Yoshino Mikumari Shrine.
Yoshimizu-jinja
Shinto shrine
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Yoshimizu Shrine is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino in Yoshino district, Nara, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Go-Daigo, and the samurai Kusunoki Masashige. Yoshimizu-jinja is situated 2 km northwest of Yoshino Mikumari Shrine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kurotaki and Shimoichi.
Kurotaki
Village
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Kurotaki is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2025, the village had an estimated population of 536 and a population density of 10 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 47.70 km2. Kurotaki is situated 4½ km south of Yoshino Mikumari Shrine.
Shimoichi
Town
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Shimoichi is a town in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2025, the town had an estimated population of 4,294 and a population density of 69 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 61.99 km2. Shimoichi is situated 7 km west of Yoshino Mikumari Shrine.
Kawakami
Village
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Kawakami is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2025, the village had an estimated population of 1,023 and a population density of 3.8 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 269.26 km2. Kawakami is situated 8 km east of Yoshino Mikumari Shrine.
Yoshino Mikumari Shrine
Latitude
34.35394° or 34° 21′ 14″ northLongitude
135.87314° or 135° 52′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8Q6Q9V3F+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 218659903OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q3529714
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Yoshino Mikumari Shrine” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Yoshino Mikumari santutegia”
- Catalan: “santuari Yoshino Mikumari”
- Catalan: “Santuari Yoshino Mikumari”
- Catalan: “Temple Yoshino Mikumari”
- Chinese: “吉野水分神社”
- Czech: “Svatyně Jošino Mikumari”
- Dutch: “Yoshino Mikumari Shrine”
- Dutch: “Yoshino Mikumari-schrijn”
- French: “Sanctuaire Yoshino Mikumari”
- French: “Yoshino Mikumari-jinja”
- German: “Mikumari-Schrein (Yoshino)”
- German: “Mikumari-Schrein”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Yoshino Mikumari”
- Italian: “Santuario di Yoshino”
- Italian: “Yoshino Mikumari-jinja”
- Japanese: “吉野水分神社”
- Lithuanian: “Mikumari maldykla”
- Persian: “معبد یاشینو میکوماری”
- Spanish: “Santuario Yoshino Mikumari”
- Spanish: “Yoshino Mikumari Jinja”
- Turkish: “Yoshino Mikumari Tapınağı”
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Highlights include 丈之橋跡 and Hanayagura Observatory.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yoshino Mikumari Shrine”. Photo: Naokijp, CC BY-SA 4.0.